<I>The Yellow Jacket</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1955
name: label: Published by
content: Taylor Publishing Company, American, founded 1938
label: Subject of
content: Allen University, American, founded 1870
notes: label: Description
content: A 1955 Yellow Jacket Yearbook for Allen University.
label: Description
content: The cover is gold and textured. The bottom of the cover features three steps, each with a column on the proper right side. Parts of the columns are indented and they have decorative designs on the bottoms. The top proper left side of the cover has an almost wrinkled appearance and texture. There is a raised image of a scroll. There is blue text on the scroll which reads [1955]. The numbers are going diagonally down from the proper right to the proper left and they are overlapping. There is blue text going horizontally across the bottom step which reads [Yellow Jacket].
label: Description
content: There are a few spots on the cover and the corners are slightly worn. The inside cover has a two page blue and white photograph of a brick building. The title page says that the yearbook was presented by the Senior Class.
label: Description
content: The yearbook provides information on the academic and social life and the campus buildings.
label: Description
content: The bottom proper right side of the back cover has an embossed logo. It is the shape of an open book and has text which reads [Taylor made / YEARBOOKS / DALLAS].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: 1955 Yearbook for Allen University
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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 Tom Liljenquist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.99.2
objectType: label: Type
content: school yearbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: linen, board, paper, and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (27.3 × 21 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 10 3/4 × 16 5/8 in. (27.3 × 42.2 cm)