Printing plate of Marian Anderson

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A printing plate with an image of Marian Anderson. The plate is rectangular in shape, portrait orientation. The reverse is tan with a red logo printed and repeated (circle with cartoon figure wearing a top hat in the center with [MADE IN U.S.A. / REG.U.S. PAT. OFF] underneath, and [ZOMO ELECTRIC BACKOTE] and [PHOTO ENGRAVERS' METAL] around the edge). A handwritten note on the reverse, in black ink, reads [Marian / Anderson] in the center.

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