Poster of 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 black and white poster for Etta Moten Barnett. She is posed in the bottom left corner of the image in a quarter turn and gazes into the distance. She is depicted from the shoulders upwards, wearing a top of sheer dark lace with a deep neckline. Her left hand, wearing a dark glove, is held up to her left cheek. She has a multistrand necklace around her neck and earrings. Across the top margin of the poster is a white band. In black text it reads “THE CHICAGO CONCERT BUREAU PRESENTS.” Below this in large white text against a dark background are the words “ETTA / MOTEN.” In the space between her face and the right-hand margin is black text that reads “Mezzo-Contralto / In / SONG / RECITAL.” There is a wide white margin below the image with black text that reads “NCAC / NATIONAL CONCERT AND ARTISTS CORPORATION / O.O.

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