The Voice Vol. 4 No. 3: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An April 1926 edition of "The Voice." The front cover has a white background and features a sepia-toned photographic portrait of a woman identified as [Mrs. Sallie J. Cathrell, Pres. Cathrell Printing Co.] in the table of contents. She is depicted in profile with a jaw-length bob haircut and wearing a light colored sleeveless top. Black and red text above and below the image read, [The Voice / "The Shout of a Rising Race" / Published Monthly in the Interest of / Colored People Everywhere / April, 1926 Price 15c / Kansas City Special Number]. The text is surrounded by a black border with a decorative motif at the corners. The publication includes a front cover, back cover, and thirty-four (34) pages bound with staples.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 1926
• Published by: The Voice Publishing Company, Inc., founded 1923
• Printed by: Cathrell Printing Company, American
• Subject of: Sally J. Cathrell, 1893 - 1970
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 9 1/4 × 6 1/16 × 1/8 in. (23.5 × 15.4 × 0.3 cm)
• Place printed: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2013.46.25.6
• 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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