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Theater poster of Etta Moten Barnett

ca. 1933

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Latin America, South 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 black and white poster of Etta Moten Barnett. She is depicted in profile, seated, turning her head over her proper left shoulder to gaze at the viewer. She wears a light-colored suit jacket and matching bottom. Her left arm rests on her left knee, on top of a pair of black gloves draped across her thigh. She wears a light-colored hat with a shallow crown and a wide brim with dark bows on one side. On the bottom proper right quadrant is white text that reads “Foto: / F. Bixio y Cia / B de Irigoyen 185 / B Aires.”

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

Catalog reference: A2022.13.1.5

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