Printing plate of Ivie Anderson
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Anderson, Ivie, American, 1905 - 1949
- Used by
- The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Date
- February 1935
- 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)
- Description
- 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].
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- printing plates
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Object number
- 2012.18.5.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.