Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Commencement announcement for Booker T. Washington High School
1940
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
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 commencement announcement from Booker T Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, class of 1940. The announcement is printed on a single sheet of off-white paper, folded to create four pages. An imprinted design on the front reads [1940] with a rolled diploma across the front reading [SENIOR CLASS]. Printed in black ink in the interior is the text [The Senior Class / of / Booker T. Washington High School / announces the / Commencement Exercises / Thursday evening, May thirtieth / at eight o'clock / Convention Hall / Tulsa, Oklahoma]. There is no printing on the back page.
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Catalog reference: 2013.79.9
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