Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1933
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett. It depicts her seated, wearing a sleeveless black dress. The dress has a sparkly belt around the waist. She is seated in profile to the camera, her right arm bent and the fingertips of her right hand resting in her lap. Her head is turned over her right shoulder, and her gaze is directed over her shoulder behind her. Adhered to the back of the photograph is a rectangular piece of paper with black typewritten text. The text reads “THE ‘CARIOCA’ GIRL / ETTA MOTEN / ---- the torrid blues / artist who sang the / ‘Carioca’ in the RKO / Radio musical ‘Flying / Down to Rio.” / IN PERSON / RKO PALACE / STARTING FRIDAY / MARCH 30TH.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.89
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.4 × 18.8 cm)