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Commencement announcement for Booker T. Washington High School

1935

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 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 commencement announcement from Booker T Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, class of 1935, printed on a single sheet of off-white paper, folded to create four pages. On the cover, “1935” is embossed in gold over an imprint of a book and a quill pen. Printed in decorative font on the inside is the announcement is the text [The Graduating Class of / Nineteen hundred and thirty-five / Booker T. Washington High School / announces the / Commencement Exercises / Thursday evening, May thirtieth / at eight o'clock / Convention Hall]. A list of graduates is printed on the back side as well as a list of class officers, class motto, class colors and class flower.

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Catalog reference: 2013.79.7

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