On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Le Protti, Jacqueline, born 1923
Used by
The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
Date
January 1945
Medium
ink on zinc
Dimensions
H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)
Description
Printing plate of Jacqueline Le Protti featured an article for the Chicago Defender. Le Protti is shown wearing a nurse uniform, for her graduation from the University of California School of Nursing where she received the "Florence Nightingale Award" in 1944. Written on the back is [Jacqueline Le Protti].
Place made
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Photographs and Still Images
Type
printing plates
portraits
Topic
Black Press
Business
Labor
Mass media
Medicine
Nursing
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
Object number
2012.18.5.16
Restrictions & Rights
© Chicago Defender Publishing Company
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cebd3a0-5ada-4e83-8c87-27b6e458a401

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