Printing plate of Marian Anderson
date: label: Date
content: 1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Manufactured by
content: Zomo Backote Photo Engravers
label: Subject of
content: Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A printing plate with an image of Marian Anderson. The plate is rectangular in shape, portrait orientation. The reverse is tan with a red logo printed and repeated (circle with cartoon figure wearing a top hat in the center with [MADE IN U.S.A. / REG.U.S. PAT. OFF] underneath, and [ZOMO ELECTRIC BACKOTE] and [PHOTO ENGRAVERS' METAL] around the edge). A handwritten note on the reverse, in black ink, reads [Marian / Anderson] in the center.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.5.49
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on zinc
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 1/16 in. (14.6 × 10 × 0.2 cm)