Poster of Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Published by
content: National Concert and Artists Corporation
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: O.O. Bottorff
label: Subject of
content: Marks Levine
label: Subject of
content: Selma Warlick Warner
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white poster for Etta Moten Barnett. She is posed in the bottom left corner of the image in a quarter turn and gazes into the distance. She is depicted from the shoulders upwards, wearing a top of sheer dark lace with a deep neckline. Her left hand, wearing a dark glove, is held up to her left cheek. She has a multistrand necklace around her neck and earrings. Across the top margin of the poster is a white band. In black text it reads “THE CHICAGO CONCERT BUREAU PRESENTS.” Below this in large white text against a dark background are the words “ETTA / MOTEN.” In the space between her face and the right-hand margin is black text that reads “Mezzo-Contralto / In / SONG / RECITAL.” There is a wide white margin below the image with black text that reads “NCAC / NATIONAL CONCERT AND ARTISTS CORPORATION / O.O. Bottorff – Marks Levine / 711 Fifth Avenue, New York 22, N.Y. Plaza 9-600 / Special Attractions Division – Selma Warlick, Director.” The bottom margin has a black border. There is a long tear through the bottom third of the poster, and several large black smudge marks along the right-hand margin.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, 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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: A2022.13.1.40
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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: ink on paper (fiber product) on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (43 × 27.8 cm)