Marian Anderson: Button detail

Photo by Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Insitution
April 8, 2014
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Marian Anderson concert ensemble, button detail
Photo by Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Insitution

Button detail from the orange-and-black velvet ensemble Marian Anderson (1897-1993) wore during her Easter Sunday performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Ginette DePreist in memory of James DePreist.

(Photo by Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Institution)