[Portrait of Juanita Hall, as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific"] (LOC)
More from this collection
Related by Where
Research Help!
Where: Unknown
Try to find the spot where the photographer was standing.
When: 01 January 1949
Try to find the date or year when this image was made.
Van Vechten, Carl,, 1880-1964,, photographer.
[Portrait of Juanita Hall, as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific"]
1949 June 25.
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; sheet 35.3 x 24.2 cm.
Notes:
Photograph shows Juanita Hall, a female, biracial, musical theater and film actor of African American and Irish American ancestry in front of patterned backdrop.
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print.
Van Vechten number: XII GG 6.
Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.
Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Hope for America: Performers, Politics, and Pop Culture," in the Bob Hope Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June - November 2016.
Subjects:
Hall, Juanita,--1901-1968--Performances.
African Americans--Women--1940-1950.
Irish Americans--Women--1940-1950.
Actresses--1940-1950.
Racially mixed people--1940-1950.
Format: Portrait photographs.
Rights Info: For publication information see "Carl Van Vechten Photographs (Lots 12735 and 12736)" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/079_vanv.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Portrait photographs of celebrities (DLC) 89715440
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/van.5a52075
Call Number: LOT 12735, no. 476
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 10869
[Portrait of Juanita Hall, as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific"]
1949 June 25.
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; sheet 35.3 x 24.2 cm.
Notes:
Photograph shows Juanita Hall, a female, biracial, musical theater and film actor of African American and Irish American ancestry in front of patterned backdrop.
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print.
Van Vechten number: XII GG 6.
Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.
Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Hope for America: Performers, Politics, and Pop Culture," in the Bob Hope Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June - November 2016.
Subjects:
Hall, Juanita,--1901-1968--Performances.
African Americans--Women--1940-1950.
Irish Americans--Women--1940-1950.
Actresses--1940-1950.
Racially mixed people--1940-1950.
Format: Portrait photographs.
Rights Info: For publication information see "Carl Van Vechten Photographs (Lots 12735 and 12736)" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/079_vanv.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Portrait photographs of celebrities (DLC) 89715440
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/van.5a52075
Call Number: LOT 12735, no. 476
Info:
Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 10869
Hanna (LOC P
Juanita Hall became the first African American actor to win a Tony Award in 1950 for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in "South Pacific." Before appearing regularly on the Broadway stage during the 1940s and 1950s, Hall sang in a Works Progress Administration (WPA) choir in over 5,000 shows and performed at the 1939 World's Fair.