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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