Promotional booklet for Soul City, North Carolina: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A promotional booklet for Soul City, North Carolina. The cover features an illustrated aerial map view of the community's planned design. Below this image is a blue border at the bottom. Written in black text is “SOUL CITY / SOUL CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.” The logo for Soul City is on the bottom left. The back cover features two color images of the North Carolina countryside. Written in Black text in the top left corner is “Welcome / Soul City.” Written in black text at the center is “We’re Proud To Have You!” Written in black text at the bottom is “This Year / North Carolina.” There are forty-four (44) pages total, with short articles on the different departments in the Soul City Company, biographies of individuals associated with Soul City, lists of sponsors, and several pages of advertisements for community businesses.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974-1979
• Printed by: Service Printing Company, American
• Subject of: Soul City Company, American, 1974 - 1979
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in. (28 × 21.5 × 0.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2019.28.21.1
• 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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