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Pearl Bailey in her dressing room.
Subject:
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Celebrities.
Item ID:
HEN.00.A2-247
Creator:
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Description:
Pearl Bailey in her dressing room. Photograph by Paul Henderson, ca. 1946. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Date of Original:
ca. 1946
Collection:
Henderson Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image, 10.16 x 12.7 cm.
Restrictions:
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 

