Glass tumbler belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1959-2004
name: label: Subject of
content: Star-Gazette, American, founded 1828
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a glass tumbler with a decorative plastic wrap printed with an article from the “Star Gazette.” The wrap covers three-quarters of the tumbler’s vertical outer surface. It has a white background with black text arranged as the newspaper masthead and the top portion of three articles. In the top proper left corner is a box with black text that reads “Fair / Warmer Tonight / High Near 70.” In the top proper right corner is black text that reads “4 STAR / ****/ FINAL.” Between them is the newspaper title “STAR GAZETTE.” Below this reads “Vol. 103 NO. 234.” The headlines under the masthead read “ETTA MOTEN… / TRAVELS TO SOUTH AMERICA!”
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: Cooking and dining
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: A2022.13.1.14
objectType: label: Type
content: tumblers (drinking glasses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8.6 × 7.8 cm)