Tax form for Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a New York state income tax return for the calendar year 1942 for Etta Moten Barnett. It is in the amount of $3,418.75. At the top center is hand-typed text in black that reads “ETTA MOTEN BARNETT / 3548 VERNON AVE. / CHICAGO, ILL.” In the section marked with pre-printed text “Salaries, Wages/ Fees,/ Commissions,/ Bonuses (If single $1000 or / more if married / $2,500 or more)” there is hand-typed text in black that reads “$3,418.75” the married box is checked. In the section marked with pre-printed text “By / Whom / Paid” is hand-typed text in black that reads “Crawford & WildBaerg / 49 W 45th St. / New York City.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1942
• Published by: State of New York, American, founded 1788
• Subject of: John J. Wildberg, American, 1902 - 1959
• Subject of: Cheryl Crawford, American, 1902 - 1986
• Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: tax returns
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.7 × 20 cm)
• Place depicted: New York CIty, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.38
• 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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