Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993 Search this
Medium:
newsprint, ink on photographic paper, cardboard, metal
Dimensions:
12 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. (30.5 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm)
Type:
scrapbooks
Place depicted:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1920s - 1950s
Description:
Scrapbook loosely bound and held together by tape with a small color postcard of a young girl wearing a pink ruffled dress and holding two sunflowers with the words "I is just your little blackbird" adhered to the front. The scrapbook created by Louise Jackson Gunn contains newspaper clippings, small black-and-white photographs and other ephemera. The scrapbook primarily documents the career and social life of Gunn, a beauty queen, fashion model, actress and chorus girl. Gunn was active in multiple community organizations, women's clubs, and church groups. Many photographs document her family life, including her son "Billy" (actor and playwright Bill Gunn). Also included are photographs and clippings about fellow vaudeville performers, including Valaida Snow, Texas Guinan, and Wealthy Davis.
