Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett
ca. 1940
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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 black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett. It depicts her from the waist up, leaning forward resting on her folded elbows. Her chin is tucked slightly. She gazes up through her eyelashes directly at the viewer. She wears a dark jacket with long sleeves and wide shoulders. She has a large ornate bracelet on her left wrist and a large ornate jeweled brooch at her neckline. In the bottom left corner of the photograph is white text that reads “Bloom / ChicAGO.”
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: A2022.13.1.82
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