Object Details
- Written by
- Unidentified
- Photograph by
- Paul Natkin, American
- Edited by
- Robert Edward Johnson, American, 1922 - 1996
- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Subject of
- Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
- Description
- Jet Magazine, volume 75, number 12 from December 19, 1988. The front cover features a color image of Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey is depicted standing on stage in front of a gray, fabric covered chair. She is wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and a black belt with a heavy silver toned buckle. In her proper left hand she is holding a microphone close to her mouth. Her proper right arm is raised out to her side to chest level and her hand in in a fist. Behind her are white and pink sheer curtains. The main cover line, at the top right edge of the cover, is printed in black and red type that reads, [OPRAH / WINFREY / Says She Shed / 67 POUNDS / For Herself, / Not For / Love]. In the top left corner of the front cover is the mast head in red text [JET] on the left side, and the date line, price, and publisher is printed above in blue text that reads, [Dec.19, 1988/$1.25 64060 A JOHNSON PUBLICATION]. An upside-down mailing address is affixed to the center, bottom third of the front cover. The interior pages are white with black and red text, black-and-white photographs, and color photographs. The cover article about Oprah Winfrey’s weight loss is printed on page twenty-eight (28). The back cover features an advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro Lights. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Rhea L. Combs
- December 19, 1988
- Object number
- 2017.72.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jet Media Group LLC
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- magazines (periodicals)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 7 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 3/16 in. (18.9 × 13 × 0.4 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 7 3/8 × 10 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (18.8 × 25.9 × 2.8 cm)
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Black Press
- Business
- Mass media
- Television
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.72.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bbacb27-101a-4a0c-ba16-13cd8253dec1
