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Broadside No. 15: Song of the Son

1950; printed 1967

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, 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.

A poem titled "Song of the Son" written by Jean Toomer and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 15. The poem is printed on off-white paper with purple accents in purple ink. The text is bordered by a purple rectangle with a scalloped inside edge. The copyright, broadside number, and publisher information is printed at the bottom of the page. The back side of the page is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2013.154.7

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