Printing plate of Fannie Cook

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Object Details

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Fannie Cook

Used by

The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905

Description

Printing plate of author Fannie Cook Cook is featured, looking to the left and wearing a dark colored shirt with a v-neck line. The back of the printing plate has an inscription that reads [Fannie Cook].

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company

Date

March 1946

Object number

2012.18.5.11

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

printing plates

portraits

Medium

ink on zinc

Dimensions

H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)

Place made

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Black Press

Business

Literature

Mass media

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f2cf069-f711-4a94-95fa-188d5a01ef62

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.18.5.11