Poster for the January 28, 1954 issue of Jet magazine: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A point-of-purchase poster advertising the January 28, 1954 issue of Jet magazine. The poster features an image of the front cover of the magazine, which has a red background with the [JET] logo in white and a black and white image of singer Patty Ann. At left is a white rectangle with black text reading [OUT NOW] and below is a large black rectangle with bold white text promoting the issue’s feature story: [WOMEN WHO PASS FOR MEN]. There are no markings on the reverse.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 28, 1954
• Distributed by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
• Subject of: Jet, American, founded 1951
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 × 9 15/16 in. (33 × 25.2 cm)
• Place printed: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Gender
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Object number: 2024.83.2.2
• 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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