Movie still of Etta Moten Barnett singing The Carioca
date: label: Date
content: 1933
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in her role as a cabaret singer in the 1933 movie Flying Down To Rio. In the picture, she stands in profile with her head turned over her left shoulder towards the viewer. She stands with her arms held away from her body and her hands open. She wears a loose off the shoulder light colored blouse with lace trim and a voluminous floor length flowered skirt, also with lace trim. There is a wide patterned scarf or sash wrapped around her waist and hips, and a basket of fruit balanced on top of a headwrap on her head. She wears a chunky necklace around her neck and bangles on her wrists. Behind her are tropical plants in large pots. In the bottom right corner is white text that reads "NY-7[?]7-157." The back of the photograph is blank.
place: label: Place used
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: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
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: A2022.13.1.85
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: film stills
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 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24 × 18.8 cm)