Source: San Bernardino Daily Sun, March 4, 1940, page 4.
Just keep on scrolling, Hattie’s mentioned on the bottom half of the following 1925 ad:
Source: Santa Cruz News, February 7, 1925, page 8.
You can click to enlarge any articles wider than a single column, like this one:
Source: Pittsburgh Courier, November 7, 1936, page 6.
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African-American newspaper, so one of the few to offer any kind of substantial coverage of Hattie McDaniel and other black performers. Until Hattie’s Oscar, that is.
Source: Pittsburgh Courier, December 30, 1939, page 4.
Source: Burlington (N.C.) Daily Times-News, March 23, 1940, page 2.
Source: Pittsburgh Courier, August 22, 1942, page 20.
Source: New York Age, September 25, 1943, page 11.
Source: Lincoln Star, December 6, 1950, page 9.
Source: The Pantagraph of Bloomington, IL, December 6, 1950, page 13.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner, October 27, 1952, page 12.
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