Scrapbook compiled by Louise Alexander Gunn
- Created by
- Gunn, Louise Alexander, American
- Subject of
- Snow, Valaida, American, 1904 - 1956
- Guinan, Texas, American, 1884 - 1933
- Davis, Wealthy, American
- Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993
- Date
- 1920s - 1950s
- Medium
- newsprint, ink on photographic paper, cardboard, metal
- Dimensions
- 12 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. (30.5 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm)
- Description
- Scrapbook loosely bound and held together by tape with a small color postcard of a young girl wearing a pink ruffled dress and holding two sunflowers with the words "I is just your little blackbird" adhered to the front. The scrapbook created by Louise Jackson Gunn contains newspaper clippings, small black-and-white photographs and other ephemera. The scrapbook primarily documents the career and social life of Gunn, a beauty queen, fashion model, actress and chorus girl. Gunn was active in multiple community organizations, women's clubs, and church groups. Many photographs document her family life, including her son "Billy" (actor and playwright Bill Gunn). Also included are photographs and clippings about fellow vaudeville performers, including Valaida Snow, Texas Guinan, and Wealthy Davis.
- Place depicted
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- Actors
- Amusements
- Associations and institutions
- Beauty culture
- Christianity
- Communities
- Entertainers
- Families
- Fashion
- Motherhood
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- Theatre
- Vaudeville
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.65.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.