Susanna Bruff (Susanna Jane Alexander Bruff)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1915-2001
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Susanna Bruff Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0481
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings brilliantly hand-colored in watercolor by Susanna Bruff, and pasted onto pages of a discarded catalogue. Each clipping is an issue of a popular comic strip entitled Ethel, which was drawn by Ethel Hays and syndicated in the 1920s. Using the daily adventures of flapper Ethel, each comic is a commentary on the changing role of woman in 1920s American society. Topics covered by the comic strips include: advances in...
Dates:
1927-1929