Printing plate of Dinah Shore: Museum Object and Cultural History
Printing plate of Dinah Shore: Date: 1958. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Dinah Shore, American, 1916 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A printing plate of Dinah Shore featured in an article for the Chicago Defender on June 11, 1958. The plate features an image of Shore who is posed looking towards the left of the plate. She is wearing a dress and has her arms posed downward at her sides. The back of the plate has an inscription that identifies the subject of the image and a logo of the plate maker.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1958
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Dinah Shore, American, 1916 - 1994
- Used by: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Type: printing plates
- Type: portraits
- 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)
- Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Technology
- Object number: 2012.18.5.44
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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