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Tess Gardella

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Tess Gardella

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Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Bid online at www.rrauction.com. Auction closes June 16.

Italian American performer whose stage persona was "Aunt Jemima." Gardella performed on both stage and screen, usually in blackface. In 1927, she originated the role of Queenie in the classic stage musical Show Boat and was the only member of the original Broadway cast to appear in blackface. Vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, “Big success to Emil, Sincerely, Aunt Jemima, Tess Gardella, Mar 6/47,” on a beige 5.25 x 4 album page, with a small clipped photo of Gardella as Aunt Jemima affixed to top right corner. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold affecting a few letters of signature and inscription.