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(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Elaborate press kit for the singer Etta Moten. 10 illustrated sheets, 17 x 11 inches; minimal wear, 3 binding punch holes in left margin, unbound. In original printed portfolio reading "Etta Moten: Radio, Stage, Screen, Concert" (moderate wear and soiling, tape repairs to tears). Chicago: Chicago Artists Bureau, circa 1937
Etta Moten Barnett (1901-2004) was a star actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s, based in Chicago. The first of these sheets is headed "All America Hails Singing of Etta Moten, Concert Artist"; another proclaims her "The Brown Thrush of Song." Each sheet contains a collage of press clippings, testimonial letters, photographs, and biographical data. Three sheets are devoted to a tour of Brazil and Argentina. She later went on to become an important civic leader in Chicago.
