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Title: Maurine and Ivan Harold Browning, 1921
Alternative Title: Vaudeville Performers, Variety Entertainment, and Theatrical Actors
Contributor: White Studio
Date Created and/or Issued: 1921
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Maurine Moss Browning was a founding member of the League of Allied Arts. She was a pianist and she accompanied her husband, singer, and actor, Ivan Browning when they toured the United States.
Studio portrait of Ivan H. Browning and Maurine Moss Browning.
Ivan Browning was an African American entertainer known for his singing and acting. He was the lead tenor in the Four Harmony Kings singing group. During the 1920s they traveled throughout Europe. He and his wife, Maurine Moss Browning, lived in England for several years. The Brownings later did a tour in the United States with Maurine accompanying him on the piano.
Written on front of photo: To our pals, "Millie" & "Harry" Xmas 1921 -- Sincerely Maurien and Ivan Harold Browning
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b23_f03_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z14n0nrd
Subject: African American singers
African American entertainers
African American women musicians
Browning, Ivan, 1891-1978
Browning, Maurine, 1891-1971
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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