Soul City Company, American, 1974 - 1979 Search this
Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991 Search this
United States Department of Commerce, American, founded 1903 Search this
Medium:
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions:
H x W: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in. (27.5 × 21.5 × 0.1 cm)
Type:
pamphlets
Place depicted:
Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1974-1979
Description:
A promotional pamphlet for Soul City, North Carolina, printed in brown ink on tan paper, with a stapled center binding. The cover features an image of a two story building with two smoke stacks or towers on the right and a tree on the left. The building appears at the center across an oval graphic with vertical lines radiating from the above and below the building. At the top is [SOUL] and at the bottom is [CITY] in large block letters. At the bottom of the page, in the same block lettering, is [THE BOLD ALTERNATIVE]. There are fourteen pages total and the content includes reprinted newspaper articles and additional text about Soul City and the plans for the future. A color, fold-out map illustrating the planned city's infrastructure is in the center of the pamphlet. The back cover has brown text in the lower left corner reading [For further information contact: / Floyd B. McKissick / The Soul City Company / Soul City, North Carolina / The preparation of this document was / financed in part by a contract with / the United States Department of / Commerce, Office of Minority Business / Enterprise].
