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The Yellow Jacket

1955

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A 1955 Yellow Jacket Yearbook for Allen University. The cover is gold and textured. The bottom of the cover features three steps, each with a column on the proper right side. Parts of the columns are indented and they have decorative designs on the bottoms. The top proper left side of the cover has an almost wrinkled appearance and texture. There is a raised image of a scroll. There is blue text on the scroll which reads [1955]. The numbers are going diagonally down from the proper right to the proper left and they are overlapping. There is blue text going horizontally across the bottom step which reads [Yellow Jacket]. There are a few spots on the cover and the corners are slightly worn. The inside cover has a two page blue and white photograph of a brick building. The title page says that the yearbook was presented by the Senior Class.

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Catalog reference: 2017.99.2

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