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Printing plate of Norman Corwin

February 1945

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 printing plate of radio writer Norman Corwin that was featured in the Chicago Defender in 1945. The image shows Corwin sitting in front of a typewriter. His proper left hand is on the typewriter, while his proper right hand holds a pipe to his mouth. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Norman / Corwin / (ebs)].

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Catalog reference: 2012.18.5.20

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