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Printing plate of Dinah Shore

1958

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.

A printing plate of Dinah Shore featured in an article for the Chicago Defender on June 11, 1958. The plate features an image of Shore who is posed looking towards the left of the plate. She is wearing a dress and has her arms posed downward at her sides. The back of the plate has an inscription that identifies the subject of the image and a logo of the plate maker.

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

Catalog reference: 2012.18.5.44

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