Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her husband Claude A. Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Claude Albert Barnett, American, 1889 - 1967
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and her husband Claude A. Barnett. They are seated next to each other in a highly decorated room. Etta Moten Barnett sits on a cream-colored wide chair, wearing a knee length black dress with short sleeves, black heels, and light colored jewelry. Her hands rest loosely in her lap. Her husband, wearing a black suit and tie over a white shirt, sits on the arm of the chair. His right arm rests on the back of the chair next to her left shoulder and his left hand rests on his knees. Their chair is located in the corner of a room furnished with numerous small chairs and tables, including a centrally placed chair made up of the large horns of an animal. The legs are each made of a single long horn, the arms are each a single horn curving backwards, and the chair back consists of several horns interlocked together. The seat has a leopard -print cover. On a large wood sideboard behind the chair is a carved elephant tusk. There are two wooden African sculptures on a shelf behind the Barnetts. The floor is covered by a white rug with a large black square grid pattern, and there are floor-to ceiling windows with white curtains behind Mr. Barnett. The photograph has several pieces of tape adhering to the sides and there are two small tears at the bottom and a larger tear on the proper left top corner.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Journalism
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: A2022.13.1.37
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 15/16 × 11 13/16 in. (25.2 × 30 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 1/4 × 14 in. (28.5 × 35.5 cm)