The Show-Down vol. 1 no. 9: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The Show-Down magazine, volume 1, number 9. The front cover is green with navy print and features a blue tinted image of Ethel Moses against a light blue background. Moses is depicted from the shoulders up. Her head is turned and she looking up to the left corner of the image. She wears a plaid coat over a white blouse and dark jacket. The main cover line is centered along the bottom fourth of the front cover and reads ["The Green Pastures" / Sensational Masterful Screen Production]. The date and price are printed along the bottom edge of the front cover and reads, [September – 1936] on the left and [Fifteen Cents] on the right. The masthead is centered in the top third of the front cover, and reads, [THE / SHOW-DOWN]. A horizontal blue line extends from either side of the word [THE]. The text, [SHOW-DOWN], is in large, block lettering patterned with vertical white stripes. The interior pages are white and green with black text and black-and-white images. The back cover is blank. This magazine issue is fifteen (15) pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 1936
• Published by: Show-Down Publishing Company, American, founded 1935
• Edited by: Sally J. Cathrell Jr., American, 1913 - 1981
• Written by: Maurice Dancer
• Subject of: Ethel Moses, American, 1904 - 1982
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 11 5/16 × 8 13/16 × 1/16 in. (28.8 × 22.4 × 0.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Open): 11 5/16 × 17 7/16 × 1/4 in. (28.8 × 44.3 × 0.7 cm)
• Place printed: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Latin jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2013.46.25.76
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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