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Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Selika in "L'Africaine" by Meyerbeer

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Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Selika in "L'Africaine" by Meyerbeer

Description

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Selika in "L'Africaine" by Meyerbeer. Ponselle wears blackface makeup (a staging decision now widely considered racist and offensive) and gold headbands and elaborate beaded jewelry. With inscription "To charming Daisy Gardner, affectionately, Rosa Ponselle, 1924."

Creator

Mishkin

Date

1924

Date Created

1924

Identifier

RP 9

Rights Holder

Arthur Friedheim Library, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.