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BLK Vol. 4 No. 4

December 1993

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 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.

This is the 38th issue of BLK magazine published December 1993. The front cover is printed in color and features an image RuPaul. RuPaul is dressed in drag, with a tight-fitting blue and pink dress with dark tights, and a blond hairdo. They are leaning on a “North Pole” sign with their right hand. A person in a Santa Clause outfit is seated on a chair and to the right of the cover. At the top and centered to the left, [BLK] is printed in bold, white, uppercase letters within a green rectangular box. Outside of the upper right corner of the [BLK] text box is the magazine issue information; in small, black text it reads [December 1993 / Vol. 4, No. 4 / Whole No. 38 / $2.95 U.S. / $3.95 Canada].

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Catalog reference: 2018.108.38

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