Marian Anderson
Delar, N.Y.
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still image
photographs
1939
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Source extent: 1 photograph ; 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in., on sheet 10 1/8 x 8 in.
Full-length studio photograph of Marian Anderson, contralto, wearing a formal gown. Two dates on back: 1939 (handwritten) and Apr. 16 1941 (stamped).
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Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) barred Marian Andersen from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. April 1939. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR shortly after the singer was denied use of the hall for a concert.
African American women Opera singers
Hartford (Conn.)
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Barcode no.: 32520103964036
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