Enameled lighter belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1950-2004
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Firefly Lighter Company
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a metal and enamel lighter belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a small refillable rectangular lighter with enameled scenes of San Francisco on the front and back. One side has an image of the Golden Gate Bridge across San Francisco Bay. The bridge is rendered in red enamel, the bay in bright blue. Brown hills are visible in the distance and a lighter blue sky with several white clouds are overhead. Stamped into the metal lighting apparatus above the enamel is text that reads “FIREFLY.” On the opposite side is a scene depicting a streetcar on a hill overlooking the bay. The green trolly is shown from the rear at an angle, as if descending a steep decline. There are ae small indistinct figures aboard and white scrollwork on the rear of the streetcar. A white building sits off to its right. In the background is a body of water in bright blue, with green hills in the distance. There is a red banner across the bottom with black text that reads “SAN FRANCISCO CALIF.” Stamped into the bottom of the lighter is text that reads “FIREFLY / SUPER LIGHTER.” There is a small word stamped at the end of the bottom that reads “JAPAN.”
place: label: Place made
content: Japan, Asia
label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
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: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: A2022.13.1.69
objectType: label: Type
content: lighters (fire-making equipment)
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: metal with enamel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (4.5 × 5.4 × 1 cm)