- On View
- Segregation Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Abbott, Robert Sengstacke, American, 1830 - 1940
- The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Date
- after 1920
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 30 1/2 × 72 × 37 in., 356 lb. (77.5 × 182.9 × 94 cm, 161.5 kg)
- Description
- Desk, designed in the 1920s or 1930s, and used by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, founder of the first black newspaper, The Chicago Defender. The desk is wooden, with four drawers on either side and one long drawer in the middle.
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- desks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Object number
- 2012.18.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.