Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with signed note to her husband Claude Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1935
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bloom Photography, American
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 portrait of Etta Moten Barnett. She wears a grey dress with long fitted sleeves and a high straight neckline. She is seated in an armchair that is arranged sideways to the audience. Her body is in profile to the viewer, but her head is turned towards her left shoulder with her hands draped across her lap. She gazes out of the corner of her eyes over her left shoulder. In the bottom right corner of the image is white text that reads “BLOOM / CHICAGO.” There is a handwritten note on the front in the center of the image from Etta to her husband Claude Barnett reading: [With everlasting devotion / to the most important person / in my life: my husband Claude / whose everlasting spirit urges / me to try and reach the stars! / To our eternal happiness and success. / Your most adoring wife. / "Etta"]. The back of the photograph is blank.
place: label: Place captured
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: A2022.13.1.110
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): 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.7 × 22.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 in. (27.8 × 33 cm)