Object Details
Published by
Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
Subject of
Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
Description
An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, August 1989, Volume 1, No. 10. The front cover header in white type reads: [BLACK / ENTERPRISE / AUGUST 1989 $1.95] and in yellow type: [19th Anniversary Issue]. Underneath the header there is a color image of a woman in a red skirt suit, sitting cross-legged on a pile of books. White type on the left side of the front cover reads: [TAKING / CHARGE / Corporate Achievers Under 35], followed by a caption of identifying the woman that reads: [Marilyn Ducksworth, / vice president / and associate / publisher of / Putnam / Publishing / Group]. There is a white mailing address sticker with black type, which is partially blacked out, positioned upside down in the bottom left corner. The interior pages, ninety-two 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, lifestyle articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges cigarettes with a color image of a man and woman at a table eating. The woman holds a smoking cigarette in her proper left hand.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1989
Object number
2014.76.12.6
Restrictions & Rights
© Black Enterprise Magazine
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Type
magazines (periodicals)
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 3/16 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 20.8 × 0.5 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 10 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.6 × 41.6 × 0.5 cm)
Place made
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Books and Published Materials
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Press
Business
Mass media
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.76.12.6