Photograph by
Unidentified
Used by
The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
ca. 1950
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
A printing plate from The Chicago Defender. The plate contains an image of a woman wearing a high neck shirt and a three-strand pearl necklace. The back of the plate has [Eliz / Wallace] handwritten in black ink.
Place made
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
Type
printing plates
portraits
Topic
Black Press
Business
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
2012.18.5.1
Restrictions & Rights
© Chicago Defender Publishing Company
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58a665cab-29d4-4d7d-83b5-132063fd9d94

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