Glass tumbler belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

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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.

This is a glass tumbler with a decorative plastic wrap printed with an article from the “Star Gazette.” The wrap covers three-quarters of the tumbler’s vertical outer surface. It has a white background with black text arranged as the newspaper masthead and the top portion of three articles. In the top proper left corner is a box with black text that reads “Fair / Warmer Tonight / High Near 70.” In the top proper right corner is black text that reads “4 STAR / ****/ FINAL.” Between them is the newspaper title “STAR GAZETTE.” Below this reads “Vol. 103 NO. 234.” The headlines under the masthead read “ETTA MOTEN… / TRAVELS TO SOUTH AMERICA!”

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