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Published by:
Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969  Search this
Subject of:
Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D (2014.76.12.9a (Closed)): 10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.6 × 0.5 cm)
H x W x D (2014.76.12.9a (Open)): 10 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.6 × 0.5 cm)
H x W (2014.76.9b): 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place made:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1989
Description:
2014.76.12.9a: An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, December 1989, Volume 20, No. 5. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / DECEMBER 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [YEAR-END TAX PLANNING]. Underneath the header there is a color image of two children dressed in adult clothes (suit jacket, suspenders, ties, button down shirts) posing next to a desktop computer and keyboard. The young girl sits in front of the computer that has a color bar graph on the screen. The young boy leans on the monitor of the computer. Yellow type on the left side of the front cover reads: [TEACHING YOUR / CHILDREN THE / ABCS OF FINANCE]. The interior pages, 128 in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, tax articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The advertisement consists of an image if women, dressed up in gowns. The woman on the left of the image holds a cigarette in her proper right hand. Black type on the right side reads: [Benson & Hedges]. There are handwritten numbers and marks, in pen, on the right side of the advertisement.
2014.76.12.9b: A mail-in card that fell loose from the magazine.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Children  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.76.12.9ab
Restrictions & Rights:
© Black Enterprise Magazine
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55b47325a-8256-4d8c-b876-f3e5f760e8bc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.76.12.9ab