Printing plate from the Chicago Defender

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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 printing plate used by the Chicago Defender. The image on the front of the plate is not visible. There is a lot of corrosion on both the front and back of the plate. There are numbers written in black ink at the top and bottom center of the back of the plate. The numbers on the top are illegible. The numbers on the bottom center are crossed out but reads [512].

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