Object Details
- Description
- This is a United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a plastic laminated card with a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in the top left hand corner. In the photograph Etta Moten Barnett is depicted from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black top, a pink scarf around her neck and glasses. Under her photograph is an illegible signature and a date that reads “ DEC 31 1989.” In the upper right corner of the ID card is a dark red rectangle with white text that reads “UNITED NATIONS -New York / AFFILIATE / No. 89/0648.” In the bottom left corner of the rectangle is the United Nations logo of a globe framed by a laurel wreath. Under the red rectangle is a section filled in with three lines of hand typed information. The text reads “BARNETT, Etta M. / The Links, Inc. / Etta M. Barnett [hand signed].” The card has a plastic loop and metal clip at the center top as well as a metal bead chain threaded through two holes at the top of the card. The back of the card has a block of pre-printed text regarding the legal use of the ID card.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Issued by
- United Nations, founded 1945
- Subject of
- The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
- Owned by
- Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Date
- 1989
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- plastic and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (6 × 8.3 cm)
- Type
- identifying cards
