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Cigarette lighter belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1930-1970

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

This is a blue glass cigarette lighter. It consists of bright blue molded glass in a cylindrical shape. The top with the lighter plate is gold-colored metal. There is a gold metal colored rim around the top and the bottom edge. Along the narrow rim is a line of small, raised dots down the center.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: A2022.13.1.45.3

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