Studio portrait of Sissieretta Jones, opera soprano singer. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, known as Sissieretta Jones, was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. Jones' repertoire included grand opera, light opera, and popular music. She was the highest-paid African-American performer of her time. Later in her career she founded the Black Patti Troubadours (later renamed the Black Patti Musical Comedy Company). Typescript on back of photo: MMe. Sissieretta Jones-The Black Patti. Circa 1905 from the H.T. Sampson Collection.
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uclalsc_1889_b22_f16_006a.tif ark:/21198/z1tb2r4f
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African American singers African American businesspeople Black Patti, 1869-1933
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