Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930.

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Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930.

Portrait photographs of actors and actresses collected by George Doane Wells.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6385067

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Underwood & Underwood

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Underwood & Underwood was established in Kansas in 1880, and later moved to New York. The firm was one of the largest producers and distributors of stereoscopic cards, and later news photographs. From the description of Underwood & Underwood stereographs of South Africa, circa 1899-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367947675 Underwood & Underwood, located in Ottawa, Kansas, produced stereoscopes and stereoscopic images, starting in the early 1880’...

Cowl, Jane, 1884-1950

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Jane Cowl, actor and author, was born Grace Bailey in Boston on December 14, 1884. She began her career as an actor with David Belasco debuting in the Belasco Theatre on December 10, 1903 as an extra in SWEET KITTY BELAIRS, and quickly rose to starring roles with his company. In 1912, she scored a major success as Mary Turner in WITHIN THE LAW. She also appeared in the silent movie THE SPREADING DAWN in 1917. Jane Cowl later collaborated with Jane Murfin (Crisp) to ...

Espenschied, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elliott)

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Florence, Kathlyn.

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Ashton, Marie

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Varles, Violet.

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Jeffries, Maud.

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A. Bassano (London), photographer.

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Reed, Florence

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Barraud (London), photographer.

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Moore, Greville.

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Nielsen, Christine

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Flugrath, Edna, 1893-1966

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Carter, Lucie.

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Matzene (Chicago), photographer.

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Dean, Julia

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Marlowe, Julia

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Holmes, Helen, 1892-1950

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Davis & Sanford (New York), photographer.

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Pendelton, Marie.

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McCloud, Myrtle.

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Frank C. Bangs (New York), photographer.

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The London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd. (London), photographer.

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Shepley, Ruth, 1892-1951

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Watson, Alfred S.

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Irving, Laurence, 1895-1979

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Wheaton, Anna

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Mansfield, Richard, 1723-1820

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Siemonn, Mabel.

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Stevens, Emily

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Veola, Mlle.

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Love, Mabel

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Frost, Leila

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Conover, Theresa Maxwell

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Faversham, William, 1868-1940

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Isadora Duncan, 1916 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501186770 ...

Messrs. Downey, photographer.

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Pach Bros. (New York), photographer.

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Moore, Irene

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Perrine, Billie.

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Laughlin, Anna.

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Painter, Eleanor.

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St. James's Photographic Company (London), photographer.

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Booth, Edwin

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Edwin Booth, who also wrote under the names Don Blunt and Jack Hazard, was born in 1906 in Beatrice, Nebraska. He attended public schools in Nebraska and Iowa before moving to Colorado, where he studied civil engineering at Colorado College. During summer vacations Booth drove a milk truck, worked as a postal clerk, and guided tourists through Colorado's Cave of the Winds. In New Mexico, he worked as a ranch hand. After moving to California, Booth worked in a chain grocery store while studying a...

Jecks, Clara.

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Lytton, Doris.

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Moretti, Eleanor.

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Evans, Millicent

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Hughes, Lelia.

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White (New York), photographer.

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Deslys, Gaby, 1881-1920

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French dancer, actress. From the description of Gaby Deslys calling card to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648017712 ...

Mannering, Mary, 1876-1953

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Matthews, Ethel.

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Wickham, Florence.

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Belmont, Thelma.

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Woods, Louise

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Harned, Virginia, -1946

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Armbruser, Violet.

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Marceau (Boston), photographer.

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Cable, Florence.

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Terry, Ellen

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Hall, Pauline

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Champlain (Boston), photographer

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O'Ramey, Georgia.

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Esmond, H. V.

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Mishkin Studio (New York), photographer.

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Kendal, William Hunter, 1843-1917

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English actor-manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Eller, 1884 Apr. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485220 ...

Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

Aichel, Louise.

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Ward, Genevieve, 1838-1922

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Strickland (New York), photographer.

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Drew, Sidney R. (Sidney Rankin ), 1891-1918

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Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958

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Canadian actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Wilmington, 9 March 1915], and [New York, n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1915, 9 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680597 Margaret Anglin (1876-1958) was a Canadian-born actress, director, and producer who was considered one of the finest actresses of her day. Anglin performed on Broadway and around the country from 1889 to 1936. Like many of Broadway's stars at the beginn...

Eltinge, Julian, 1883-1941

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Morrison, photographer.

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Longfellow, Malvira.

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Millward, Jessie, 1861-1932

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Cohan, Josephine.

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Mendelssohn, photographer.

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E. Brunel (New York), photographer.

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Ladd, Hattie Belle.

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Maubourg, Jeanne.

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Jefferson, Joseph

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Krumbar (Ohio), photographer

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Martinot, Sadie, 1861-1923

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Campbell, Patrick, Mrs., 1865-1940

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Campbell, whose maiden name was Beatrice Stella Tanner, was an English actress. Von Zastrow was an actress as well. From the description of Mrs. Patrick Campbell letters to Bertha von Zastrow, 1902-1939 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 705558265 Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West, known by her stage name as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, was a noted English stage actress, who remained popular for over 40 years. She created many classic roles, including Eliza Dooli...

Playfair, Arthur.

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Unity (New York), photographer.

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Dolly, Rozsika.

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Rooke, Irene.

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Eagles, Jeanne.

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Atwood, Lorena.

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Hall (New York), photographer.

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Elliott & Fry, photographer.

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James, Kate (Katherine Murial), 1972-

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Salinger, Helena.

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Scott, Elsie.

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Champlain Studios (Boston), photographer.

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Barrauds (London), photographer.

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Irish, Annie.

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Lock & Whitfield, photographer.

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Holme, Myra.

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Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916

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Ada Rehan was an Irish-American actress. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1890. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 206691443 Irish-American actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel Metropole, W.C., London, to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126537 Irish-born American stage actress. From the description of Papers, ca. 1879-1918. (University ...

Revelle, Hamilton.

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Warfield, David, 1866-1951

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Alfred Ellis, photographer.

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Kendal, Margaret

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Waring, Herbert.

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Murray, Alma, 1854-1945

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Alma Murray, English actress. From the guide to the Alma Murray manuscript material : 1 item, 1886, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Gillmore, Frank.

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Millard, Evelyn, 1869-1941

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Elwin Neame (South Kensington), photographer.

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Kimball, Grace.

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O'Connor, Adeline.

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Claire, Ina, 1892-1985

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Married name: Ina Claire Wallace (1895-1985). From the description of Ina Claire papers, [ca. 1900-1985?]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502049 Ina Claire Wallace was a prominent actress in the 1900s. She was born Ina Fagen, but used her mother's maiden name, Claire, as her stage name. She began performing at age thirteen and performed on stage and in the movies. From the description of The Ina Claire Wallace papers. 1893-1985. (Uni...

Denny, W. H.

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Glynn, Elsie.

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Stahl, Rose, -1955

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Hedman, Martha.

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Lilja, Carolyn.

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Dresser, Louise

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Hyde, Walter

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Leslie, Fannie.

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Ware, Helen

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Baker, Edna.

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Dupont (New York), photographer.

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May, Lola

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Walinger (Chicago), photographer.

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Moffett (Chicago), photographer.

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Gillette, William

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Wells, George Doane, collector.

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George Doane Wells was born in Ohio in 1872, and was an 1894 graduate of Harvard College. He spent most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts as a bookbinder and book dealer. From the guide to the Wells collection of theatrical photographs, ca. 1890-1930., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Blanche, Belle

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Devlin, Mary

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Goodwin, Nat. C. (Nathaniel Carll), 1857-1919

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Castles, Eileen.

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Sheridan, Emma V.

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Scovel, Chevalier.

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Olsson, Doris.

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Dwyer, Ada.

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Apeda Studios (New York), photographer.

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Floyd (New York), photographer.

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Carlyle, Grace

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Samuel A. Walker, photographer.

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Cheatham, Kitty

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Kingsley, Mary

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Gould, J. Nutcombe.

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Brunner, Beatrice von.

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Dipple.

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McComas, Carroll

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Actress Carroll McComas, daughter of Charles Carroll McComas and actress, Alice Moore McComas, began her career as a singer, dancer and whistler in vaudeville. Her first "regular production", so termed by McComas, was in Charles Frohman's THE DOLLAR PRINCESS. For the next few years she played in both drama and musical comedy and was a success in the title role of MISS LULU BETT. Her association with Walter Hampden brought other successful roles in THE JOLLY ROGER, CYRANO...

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126227 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763487288 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906...

Burr McIntosh (San Francisco), photographer.

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Eric, Fred.

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Gaythorne, Pamela.

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Ferguson, Elsie

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Drew, John

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Epithet: parson of Harpley, county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000207 Epithet: agriculturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000206 ...

Sarony (New York), photographer.

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Shannon, Winona.

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Malone, Florence.

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Bayton, Ida.

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Vezin, Hermann

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Starr, Frances

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Gould & Marsden, Inc. (New York), photographer.

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Walkley, A. B.

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Waldrop, Oza.

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Rhodes, Lila.

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Payne, Ivy.

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Buck (Washington DC), photographer.

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White, Carolina, 1886-1961

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Bonehill, Bessie.

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Carter, Mary, 1934-

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Terry, Edward, 1590-1660

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Walker, Antoinette

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Antoinette Walker was an actress appearing on stage into the 1920's. She also appeared in films and was a playwright. From the description of Antoinette Walker theatre collection, ca. 1900-1930. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 63200344 ...

Jenoure, Aida.

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Belasco, David, 1853-1931

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American theatrical producer and playwright. From the description of Letter : to Luther Price, 1906 Apr. 2. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494221 American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright. From the description of David Belasco letter, 1905 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709924141 From the description of David Belasco letter, 1929 Oct. 30. (Unknown). W...

La Pierre, Irma.

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