Printing plate of Ivie Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Printing plate of Ivie Anderson: Date: February 1935. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949.
The object in the museum catalogue
Printing plate of singer Ivie Anderson that was featured in a Chicago Defender article in 1935. The plate features an image of Anderson from the chest up. She is featured wearing a light-colored dress and is looking off to her proper right side. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Evy / Anderson / Ivy].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: February 1935
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949
- Used by: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Type: printing plates
- Type: portraits
- Medium: ink on zinc
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)
- Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black Press
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Technology
- Object number: 2012.18.5.19
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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