Broadside No. 51: A Father Tells His Son About The Statue Of Liberty / Crossing the International Date Line: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two poems printed in red ink on off-white paper, published as Broadside No. 51 by Broadside Press. The first poem is "A Father Tells His Son About The Statue of Liberty" written by Bobb Hamilton. The title and author of this poem are centered at the top of the page above two columns of text. The body of this poem is in both columns. The second poem, "Crossing the International Date Line" by George Buggs, appears in the bottom half of the column on the right side of the page. The copyright, broadside number, and publisher information is printed at the bottom of the page. The back side of the page is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Written by: Bobb Hamilton, American, born 1928
• Written by: George Buggs, American, born 1947
• Published by: Broadside Press, founded 1965
• Type: poems
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place printed: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Lynching
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Poetry
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Object number: 2013.154.19
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © George Buggs & Bobb Hamilton 1971 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.