Penn Library's Marian Anderson Collection Photo is the Inspiration for Postage Stamp Design
Penn Library's Marian Anderson Collection Photo is the Inspiration for Postage Stamp Design
Jan. 27, 2005
PHILADELPHIA The image of singer and Philadelphia native Marian Anderson featured on the U.S. Postal Service's latest black heritage commemorative stamp is based on a photo in a special Penn Library collection.
The stamp, depicting Anderson wearing a burgundy colored dress, is based on a black-and-white 1934 Mois Benko photograph housed at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
The Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs at Penn's Library has more than 5,000 images of the operatic and concert star, along with her music library and personal letters and papers.
The collection of photographs is also available to the public at
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