Glass tumbler belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a glass tumbler with a decorative plastic wrap printed with an article from the “Star Gazette.” The wrap covers three-quarters of the tumbler’s vertical outer surface. It has a white background with black text arranged as the newspaper masthead and the top portion of three articles. In the top proper left corner is a box with black text that reads “Fair / Warmer Tonight / High Near 70.” In the top proper right corner is black text that reads “4 STAR / ****/ FINAL.” Between them is the newspaper title “STAR GAZETTE.” Below this reads “Vol. 103 NO. 234.” The headlines under the masthead read “ETTA MOTEN… / TRAVELS TO SOUTH AMERICA!”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1959-2004
• Subject of: Star-Gazette, American, founded 1828
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: tumblers (drinking glasses)
• Medium: glass with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8.6 × 7.8 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.14
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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