Card, Tobacco - Peggy Shannon
Object number2012.140.01
Date1930's
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (5.4 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
Peggy Shannon was born Winona Sammon in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1907. She was hired as a chorus girl by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1923 while visiting her aunt in New York. The following year she was cast in Ziegfeld Follies. She later appeared on both stage and screen. In 1927 while on Broadway, she was spotted by B.P. Schulberg, production head of Paramount Pictures, and was offered a contract. When she arrived in Hollywood, she was hailed as the next “It Girl,” replacing the former, Clara Bow. She made over thirty films, appearing in her last role in 1940. Shannon died in 1941.
Collectible Chilean tobacco card with Arkansas native, Peggy Shannon. Black and white photograph of Shannon standing and talking on the telephone. The phone sits on a round pedestal table next to a vase of flowers.
Status
Not on view
