Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Florence Mills in 'Dover Street to Dixie' at the London Pavilion NPG x74709

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

First female African-American performer to reach international superstardom. Born into poverty in Washington DC., Mills began performing at the age of five. She found some fame on the vaudeville and burlesque circuits before winning her first major role as the lead in the 1921 hit musical Shuffle Away. In 1922 she appeared in Plantation Revue on Broadway, the following year travelling to London to perform in From Dover to Dixie at the London Pavilion. From 1926 she appeared in Blackbirds (performing over 300 shows), 'I'm... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.