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The Crisis Vol. 16 No. 2

June 1918

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The June 1918 (Vol. 16 No. 2) "Soldiers Issue" of The Crisis. The front cover features an image of a soldier standing at attention modeled after a poster painted by Robert Edmond Jones for the Circle for Negro War Relief. The image depicts a male soldier in uniform standing at attention with a rifle resting on his right shoulder. There is a blue circle behind the upper-half of the soldier’s body and red and blue stripes along the edges of each side. There are approximately 48 pages.

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Catalog reference: 2012.84.8

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