The Show-Down vol. 1 no. 5: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The Show-Down magazine, volume 1, number 5. The front cover is white with blue print and features a blue tinted image of Lucretia Williams, against a gradient background. Williams is depicted in bust pose, wearing a light colored, collared jacket. She is seated with her hands folded and resting on a flat surface in front of her. She is looking off to the right edge of the image and is smiling. The main cover line is centered along the bottom fourth of the front cover and reads [A Short Short Story / By Theo. C. Jenkins]. The masthead is centered in the top fourth of the front cover, and reads, [THE / SHOW DOWN]. A horizontal blue line extends from either side of the word [THE]. The text, [SHOW DOWN], is in large, block lettering patterned with vertical white stripes. The date and price is printed below the mast head, [April 1936] on the left, and [Price 15c] on the right. The interior pages are white and green with black text and black-and-white images. The back cover is blank. This magazine issue is fifteen (15) pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 1936
• Published by: Show-Down Publishing Company, American, founded 1935
• Edited by: Sally J. Cathrell Jr., American, 1913 - 1981
• Written by: Theodore C. Jenkins
• Subject of: Lucretia Williams, American
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 11 5/16 × 8 3/4 × 1/16 in. (28.7 × 22.3 × 0.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Open): 11 5/16 × 17 1/2 × 3/8 in. (28.7 × 44.5 × 0.9 cm)
• Place printed: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Nightlife
• Object number: 2013.46.25.74
• 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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