The Ragmud Series: Volume 3, Life and Legends of Poindexter Village 1200-1957
Artist: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (American, 1940 - 2015)
Date: 1987-2008
Dimensions:
Book (closed, with slipcase): H: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W: 7 in. (17.8 cm); Depth: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm);
Slipcase: H: 13 in. (33 cm); W: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); Depth: 8 in. (20.3 cm);
Extended Foldout: H: 2 in. (5.1 cm); W: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm); Depth: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm);
Page: H: 9 in. (22.9 cm); W: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Medium: Mixed media: cloth, buttons, beads, thread, hand-made paper, paint.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds given by Rita B. Kern and Dorothy Mackenzie Price, with additional support from the artist and Hammond Harkins Gallery, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Levis, by exchange
Object number: 2008.132A-G
Label Text:Includes the account of Chipo Village, which became the Blackberry Patch (the post-Civil War center of the African American community in Columbus, Ohio). The Blackberry Patch evolved into Poindexter Village—one of the first federally-funded public housing projects in the United States.
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