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Josephine Baker collection, 1925-1975

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The collection documents Baker's career from her arrival in Paris in 1925 as a show girl in the Revue Negre; her selection to star in a revised version of the Revue and resultant success; her stardom as a headliner at the Folies-Bergere and other Paris venues and as a recording artist and cinema star; her unsuccessful attempt to re-insert herself into the racist American market in 1936; her service during World War II; her post-war attempts to create a "Rainbow Tribe" of adopted children; and her death in 1975.

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Magazines, Illustration, n.d. Box 7, Folder 2

Magazines, Illustration, n.d.

3 leaves with illustrations including "Mlle Josephine Baker dans la nouvelle 14 CV 6 cylindres Voisin"

  1. Series VII: Magazines

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