Ronson lighter flints belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1950-2004
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Ronson Consumer Products Corporation, American, founded 1898
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a card of Ronson lighter flints belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a yellow plastic rectangular card with slots down the center to hold five flints. Two of the flints are missing. Raised black text across the top of the card reads “5 RONSON / FLINTS.” Ronson is underlined. Next to the vertical line of flints in their slots is small raised black text. It reads “Best for / every / lighter.” At the bottom of the card text reads “Extra / Length.”
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: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
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: Tools and Equipment
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: A2022.13.1.70
objectType: label: Type
content: firesteels
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: plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 1 11/16 × 1 1/8 in. (4.3 × 2.8 cm)