Geraldine Farrar Ghirardelli Motion Picture Star Card: Museum Object and Cultural History
Geraldine Farrar Ghirardelli Motion Picture Star Card: date made: 1920s. depicted (sitter): Farrar, Geraldine. Object Name: Card, Trading.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sepia tone motion picture star card of American opera singer and film actress, Geraldine Farrar. Her beauty, acting ability, and “the intimate timbre of her voice” made her stand out during the early twentieth century. She is best known for roles in Carmen, Temptation, and The Stronger Vow.
The card is from a set of 70 movie star cards inserted into packages of Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate. The Ghiradelli Chocolate Company was founded by an Italian named Domenico Ghiradelli. Over 160 years later, Ghiradelli is the oldest continuously operating chocolate maker in America.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1920s
- depicted (sitter): Farrar, Geraldine
- Object Name: Card, Trading
- Object Name: card
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 13.97 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number: 1981.0806.07
- accession number: 1981.0806
- catalog number: 1981.0806.07
- Credit Line: George W. Sims
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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