Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her daughter in a wedding dress
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1955
name: label: Photograph by
content: DuBois, 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 by DuBois of Etta Moten Barnett and her daughter, Sue Barnett, in her wedding dress. Her daughter stands on the left side of the photograph in a quarter turn. She wears a long white dress with long sleeves and a portrait collar. The dress has a fitted drop waist and a train. She wears a waist length veil on her head and carries a bouquet of flowers in both hands held at her waist. Her face is in profile as she gazes to the right at her mother. Etta Moten Barnett is also in a quarter-turn, wearing a calf-length floral dress with a solid-colored waist and short cap sleeves. She wears elbow-length gloves and a large, brimmed hat. She gazes back at her daughter. An alter with candlesticks can be seen in the background. The photograph is matted in a cream matting with gold text in the bottom right corner that reads “DuBois / THE DRAKE.” The matting is glued into a grey cardboard folder with dark grey text on the front cover that reads “DuBois / THE DRAKE / CHICAGO.” Above the text is a dark grey coat of arms with two lions rampant on either side of a shield with a large letter ‘D’ on it and a scrolling banner below it with text that reads “PORTRAIT.”
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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: Families
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
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: A2022.13.1.32
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 with cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folder closed): 14 × 10 9/16 in. (35.6 × 26.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folder open): 14 × 21 3/16 in. (35.6 × 53.8 cm)