On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
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
Topic
Black Press
Business
Communication
Mass media
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd557b3ff1c-ddee-4dac-8778-759882edb037

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