Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bloom Photography, American
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 from the waist up, leaning forward resting on her folded elbows. Her chin is tucked slightly. She gazes up through her eyelashes directly at the viewer. She wears a dark jacket with long sleeves and wide shoulders. She has a large ornate bracelet on her left wrist and a large ornate jeweled brooch at her neckline. In the bottom left corner of the photograph is white text that reads “Bloom / ChicAGO.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
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: A2022.13.1.82
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 (image): 13 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (34 × 26.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)