Scrapbook compiled by Louise Alexander Gunn
date: label: Date
content: 1920s - 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Louise Alexander Gunn, American
label: Subject of
content: Valaida Snow, American, 1904 - 1956
label: Subject of
content: Texas Guinan, American, 1884 - 1933
label: Subject of
content: Wealthy Davis, American
label: Subject of
content: Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Theatre
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.65.2
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: newsprint, ink on photographic paper, cardboard, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 12 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. (30.5 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm)