Jet vol. 1 no. 7: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Jet Magazine, volume 1, number 7, featuring a black and white image of singer Sarah Vaughan, against a green background. Only her face and shoulders are visible. Vaughan is wearing a light colored strapless top with sequined flowers. She is facing forward with her proper right shoulder slightly back. Just above Vaughan’s proper right shoulder is the model’s credit with a caption in white ink, that reads [SARAH VAUGHAN: / She rates as No. 1 / among girl singers] and the associated cover line above that reads [TEN / BEST / GIRL /SINGERS] in white type. The top third of the front cover is the mast head in white text, [JET / THE WEEKLY NEGRO NEWS MAGAZINE], on the left side and the date line, price and publisher [Dec. 13, 1951 / A JOHNSON PUBLICATION / 15c], on the right. On the right, top third of the cover is the cover line [NEGROS WITH / WHITE SLAVES]. On the left, bottom third of the cover is the cover line, [WAR AGAIN AT / WILBERFORCE]. The back cover features a full length, black and white image of Jurema Sampaio, wearing a leaf bikini and white beads. The image has a caption that reads [MOVIE STAR IN BRAZIL / Stunning Jurema Sampaio, a Brazilian girl of mixed / Negro, Indian and Portuguese blood, is one of the bright- / est stars in the growing movie industry of the biggest / South American country. She is morena or mixed type / considered ideal of beauty in Brazil (See “Entertain- / ment”).]. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: December 13, 1951
• Published by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
• Edited by: John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005
• Edited by: Ben Burns, American, 1913 - 2002
• Edited by: Edward T. Clayton, American, 1921 - 1966
• Subject of: Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990
• Subject of: Jurema Sampaio, Brazilian
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 5 13/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.7 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)
• Place printed: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Brazil, Latin America, South America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2015.122.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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