- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- Musicians--United States
African American musicians
Women musicians--United States
African American women musicians
Singers--United States
Women singers--United States
African American singers
African American women singers
Blues (Music)
Blues musicians--United States
African Americans--Music
Women--United States
African American women
Postage stamps--United States
Musicians on postage stamps
Women on postage stamps
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- postage stamps
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A twenty-nine-cent stamp portrays Georgia native and blues queen Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.
Image of a twenty-nine-cent stamp portraying Georgia native and blues queen Gertrude "Ma" Rainey. She is depicted with her trademark thick straightened hair and gold capped smile. The United States Postal Service issued this stamp in 1994 as part of a series of stamps featuring jazz and blues singers. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gertrude-ma-rainey-1886-1939/m-1865/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gertrude-ma-rainey-1886-1939
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
