Printing plate of Phyllis Smiley: Museum Object and Cultural History
Printing plate of Phyllis Smiley: Date: ca. 1940. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Phyllis Smiley, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
Printing plate of Phyllis Smiley. Smiley is featured from the shoulder up. She is turned over her proper left shoulder and smiling towards the camera. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Phylis (sic) Smiley / Smiley / Stage / 50,526].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1940
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Phyllis Smiley, American
- 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)
- Object number: 2012.18.5.17
- 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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