Image / Marian Anderson, 1935-1968

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Title: Marian Anderson, 1935-1968
Alternative Title: Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals
Date Created and/or Issued: [1935-1968]
1935/1968
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Portrait of Marian Anderson who is wearing pearls and a corsage.
Photo caption: Marian Anderson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1902. World renowned as "the world's greatest contralto," command performances before the Kings of Sweden and Denmark; toured Asia under the auspices of the U.S. State Department; first Negro to sing in the Metropolitan Opera; named to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b16_f03_012.tif
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Subject: African American singers
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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