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Title
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.