Time Magazine, Vol. L, No. 12

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Time Magazine, Volume 15, Number 12, September 22, 1947. Cover features a color illustration of Jackie Robinson surrounded by baseballs. Robinson looks away from the viewer toward the upper left. He wears a blue baseball hat with a white [B] on the front. The illustration is on a white background that is bordered in several thin lines at the edges. At the top of the illustration on the white background is the publication title [TIME / THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE]. Below the illustration is a short caption [JACKIE ROBINSON / He and the boss took a chance. / (Sport)]. Behind the white background is red that covers the remainder of the cover. At the top of the cover is the price and date [TWENTY CENTS SEPTEMBER 22, 1947]. At the bottom of the cover is the price and volume and number [$6.50 A YEAR/(REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.)/VOL. L NO. 12].

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