Chapter 1: Early Life (1897-1920/21)
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Marian Anderson, age 1.
Photo credit:
Strawbridge & Clothier
Photographic Studios, 1898.
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Clockwise from the top:
Anna, Ethel, Marian, and
Alyse Anderson in 1910.
Photo credit:
unknown, ca. 1910. |
The South Philadelphia High
School for Girls,
graduating class of 1921.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1921. |
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Marian promoting her
concert with the Clef Club
Syncopated Orchestra, 1918.
Photo credit:
Fowler Photography, 1918.
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Marian Anderson, 1920.
Photo credit:
Fowler Photography, 1920 |
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Chapter 2: Early Career (1920/21 - 1955)
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Marian in London, England
Photo credit:
Lassalle, 1928.
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Marian and Kosti rehearsing
in Berlin, Germany, in 1931.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1931. |
Marian and Kosti in France
in the 1930s.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1930s. |
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Marian in 1935.
Photo credit:
Lotte Meitner-Graf,
Vienna, Austria, 1935.
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Marian in concert at
l'Opera de Paris, 1937.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1937. |
Marian and a new friend in
Moscow, USSR, January, 1935.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1/20/35 |
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A crowd of townspeople
await Marian's arrival
in the USSR.
Photo credit:
unknown, ca. 1935
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Konstantin Stanislavski
(left) enjoying Marian's
performance, January, 1935.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1935. |
Kosti and Marian aboard
the Ile de France, ca. 1935.
Photo credit:
Studio S/S ca. 1935 |
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Marian and her family are
welcomed by a crowd before
her homecoming concert in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Photo credit:
The Brown Studio, c.1930's.
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
and Marian Anderson, 1944.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
While 75,000 people attended
the Lincoln Memorial Concert,
nearly 6 million
tuned in over the radio.
Photo credit:
Acme Newspictures, Inc. |
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Marian and Kosti overlooking the 75,000 person audience at the Lincoln Memorial Concert, 1939.
Photo credit:
Time Life Pictures, Inc. 1939.
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Marian and her mother
inside the Lincoln Memorial.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
presents Marian with the
Spingarn Medal at the
NAACP's convention, 1939.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
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Marian and King on their
wedding day: July 24, 1943.
Photo credit:
unknown.
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Orpheus "King" Fischer at Marianna Farm, 1965.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian in her new home:
Marianna Farm,
Danbury, Connecticut.
Photo credit:
Noel Boghetti, ca. 1941. |
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Marian relaxing in Hawaii,
June, 1940.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1940.
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Marian and her new accompanist, Franz Rupp at NBC Studios in New York, 1941.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian in a recording session
for RCA Victor Studios,
April, 1945.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
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Marian with a young girl in a Philadelphia classroom.
Photo credit:
Look Magazine, 1954.
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Chapter 3: Marian at the Met (1955)
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Marian and Rudolph Bing
on the stage of the
Metropolitan Opera,
October, 1954.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
Marian and the cast of
Un Ballo in Maschera during
rehearsals, December, 1954.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
Marian rehearses with
Herbert Graf, December, 1954.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
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Marian during her debut
performance at The Met.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang, 1955. |
Marian during her debut
performance at The Met.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
Marian's dress rehearsal,
January 5, 1955.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang, 1955. |
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Marian takes a well-deserved
bow for her Met debut performance,
January 7, 1955.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
Marian prepares to go onstage.
Photo credit:
Sedge LeBlang. |
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Chapter 4: Late Career (1955-1965)
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Marian arrives in Israel
in April of 1955.
Photo credit:
A. Suesskind and S. Lavie.
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Marian prepares for a concert in Israel.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian and her entourage
arrive in Manila.
(Center, from left, Orpheus,
Marian, and Franz Rupp.)
Photo credit:
unknown. |
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Marian in concert in
Manila, October, 1957.
Photo credit:
unknown.
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Marian with young patients
at a Singapore hospital, 1957.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian at the
United Nations.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
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Marian at the
United Nations.
Photo credit:
unknown.
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Marian receives an honorary
degree from New York
University in June, 1958.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian in concert at
Carnegie Hall, 1958.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
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Franz takes time out from
performing to make some
new Aussie friends.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1962.
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Marian and some new
Australian buddies.
Photo credit:
unknown, 1962. |
Marian and President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963.
Photo credit:
Cecil Stoughton, 1963. |
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Chapter 5: Late Life (1965-1993)
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Marian Anderson with Franz Rupp
in her final concert at
Carnegie Hall, 1965.
Photo credit:
unknown.
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Marian and Franz in
Carnegie Hall, 1958.
Photo credit:
unknown. |
Marian and her nephew
James DePreist (left) often
appeared in concert together
following her retirement.
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Marian Anderson with Sol Hurok
following her final concert
at Carnegie Hall, 1965.
Photo credit:
unknown.
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Marian and Leontyne Price
at The Metropolitan
Opera House, 1965.
Photo credit:
Hugh Dilworth. |
Marian Anderson with
(rear, from left) Jessye Norman,
James Levine, and Kathleen Battle.
Photo credit:
unknown, c.1990-91. |
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Marian with President George
H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara
Bush in the White House, 1992.
Photo credit:
Susan Biddle, 1992.
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Marian Anderson ca. 1936.
Photo credit:
D'Arlene Studios ca.1936. |
Marian Anderson.
Photo credit:
Richard Avedon, c.1955. |
