The Birth and the Building of the DuSable Museum

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A soft cover book with an off-white cover with printing in brown ink. At center is the title [THE BIRTH / AND THE / BUILDING / OF THE / DUSABLE MUSEUM] with an illustration of a sculptural bust of a man at right. At the bottom left is [by Eugene Pieter Feldman]. The first interior page has a printed illustration of the exterior of the DuSable Museum and the text “Published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the DuSable Museum of African-American History, Inc. 1961-1981.” Also on the first page is a handwritten inscription from the author to Mr. Philip Drotning, dated “April, 1982.” There are 108 interior pages, with illustrations, all in black ink on white paper. The back cover has a photograph and biography of the author.

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