<I>Ebony Vol. IV No. 12</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 1949
name: label: Published by
content: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
notes: label: Description
content: An issue of Ebony Magazine from October 1949. The cover features Lena Horne and Duke Ellington against an orange background. Ellington, in a grey suit, embraces Horne, who wears a burgundy dress with white polka dots. Overlapping with the portrait at bottom right is [THE DUKE AND DUCHESS / OF THE MUSIC WORLD] in white text against a red background. At top left is the [EBONY] title in white text against a red background with [A JOHNSON PUBLICATION] just below it. At top right [AMERICA'S / MOST-MARRIED / NEGROES]. At bottom left [OCTOBER 1949 30c].
label: Description
content: The interior contents include articles on "Dixie lawmakers spend record funds on state schools," Horne and Ellington, a choir featured in films, Smalls Paradise nightclub in Harlem, the dancer Katherine Dunham, an annual Baptist convention, the cover story "Most-Married Negroes," politics in Chicago, and "Negroes in Pro Football." There are also numerous advertisements including a Pepsi Cola campaign featuring Talladega College. The back cover features an advertisement for Schenley whiskey.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Modern dance
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Capparell, author of The Real Pepsi Challenge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.35.1.11
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ebony Media Group LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)