Portrait of Grace La Rue with Patterned Wall

Grace La Rue was an American actress, singer, and vaudeville headliner. Grace La Rue was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1882 to Mrs. Lucy L. Parsons. La Rue was a stage name as it was more exotic sounding than her original surname of Parsons. She began her career as part of the team Burke and La Rue with her first husband Charles Burke. One of their numbers was a minstrel piece entitled "Grace La Rue and her Inky Dinks." She soon broke away from the act, and Burke, to appear in musical comedy. She is pictured in this three-quarter length photograph adorned in a heavily beaded, flapper-inspired satin dress. She poses with one hand on her hip and the other lifting her string of pearls from her chest. She looks away from the camera revealing a serious and poised profile.
Portrait of Grace La Rue with Patterned Wall
Inventory
Collection Number
17571
Building
Current Location
Storage Room 303
Floor
Lower Level/Vault
Description
Details
This is a sepia toned print of Grace La Rue in a beaded dress before a patterned wall.
Artist
Framed
Yes
 - Glass
Width
1 inches
Height
31 inches
Length
25 inches
Donor
Donor Name
James R. and Joyce A. Finely and Charles David and Linda Hixon
Library Owns
No
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
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