Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett by Carl Van Vechten
date: label: Date
content: March 16 1934
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carl Van Vechten, American, 1880 - 1964
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 by Carl Van Vechten. It depicts Etta Moten Barnett from the back, shown from the waist up. Her head is turned towards her left shoulder and her face is in profile to the viewer. She rests her left hand on her left hip. She wears a dark top with wide sleeves, a wide black stripe at the neckline and a keyhole closure in the back. She wears large hoop earrings with multiple pendants. In the background is a wall with a chain-link pattern. The photographer’s stamp is on the back.
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: 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: A2022.13.1.84
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Van Vechten Trust
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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: 9 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (24 × 17.7 cm)