Desk used by Robert Sengstacke
date: label: Date
content: after 1920
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Robert Sengstacke Abbott, American, 1830 - 1940
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: Desk, designed in the 1920s or 1930s, and used by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of the first black newspaper, The Chicago Defender. The desk is wooden, with four drawers on either side and one long drawer in the middle.
place: label: Place used
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: Communication
label: Topic
content: Mass media
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2012.18.2
objectType: label: Type
content: desks
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: wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 1/2 × 72 × 37 in., 356 lb. (77.5 × 182.9 × 94 cm, 161.5 kg)