Printing plate of Phyllis Smiley
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Phyllis Smiley, American
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: Printing plate of Phyllis Smiley. Smiley is featured from the shoulder up. She is turned over her proper left shoulder and smiling towards the camera. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Phylis (sic) Smiley / Smiley / Stage / 50,526].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.5.17
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on zinc
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)