Doing Business in Soul City: Museum Object and Cultural History
Doing Business in Soul City: Date: ca.1976. Published by: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, American, founded 1965. Subject of: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pamphlet titled Doing Business in Soul City. The pamphlet is one of eight found in a portfolio titled Soul City. The pamphlet is printed using red and black ink. The pamphlet describes what incentives there are for opening a small business in Soul City. It features a map of Warren County and an image of two men talking over paperwork on a desk.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca.1976
- Published by: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, American, founded 1965
- Subject of: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
- Type: pamphlets
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (19.1 x 31.1 cm)
- Place used: Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Black geographies
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Design
- Topic: Graphic design
- Topic: Housing
- Topic: Urban planning
- Object number: 2011.109.13.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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