Printing plate of Claire Jay: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A printing plate of Claire Jay featured in an article for the Chicago Defender on March 30, 1946. The plate features an image of Jay. The image is taken from overhead. Jay looks up towards the camera and has her hand resting on her chest. The back of the plate has an inscription that identifies the subject of the image.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1946
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Claire Jay
• 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: Actors
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Technology
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2012.18.5.43
• 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

Sources and reuse

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.