Printing plate of Marian Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Printing plate of Marian Anderson: Date: 1958. Photograph by: Unidentified. Manufactured by: Zomo Backote Photo Engravers.
The object in the museum catalogue
A printing plate with an image of Marian Anderson. The plate is rectangular in shape, portrait orientation. The reverse is tan with a red logo printed and repeated (circle with cartoon figure wearing a top hat in the center with [MADE IN U.S.A. / REG.U.S. PAT. OFF] underneath, and [ZOMO ELECTRIC BACKOTE] and [PHOTO ENGRAVERS' METAL] around the edge). A handwritten note on the reverse, in black ink, reads [Marian / Anderson] in the center.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1958
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Manufactured by: Zomo Backote Photo Engravers
- Subject of: Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
- Used by: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Type: printing plates
- Type: portraits
- Medium: ink on zinc
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 1/16 in. (14.6 × 10 × 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: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Technology
- Object number: 2012.18.5.49
- 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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