Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bloom Photography, American
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
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. Shown from the shoulders up, she is posed with her shoulders sideways to the viewer. She turns her head over her right shoulder to gaze at the viewer. Her chin is propped up on her right hand, which is raised with her fingers curled under her chin. She wears a dark lace top and large ring on her right hand with a dark rectangular stone. In the bottom left corner of the image is white text that reads “Bloom / Chicago.” The back is blank.
place: label: Place made
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: 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: 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: A2022.13.1.86
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 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 9 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25 × 20.1 cm)