Photographs of American and European actors, actresses and singers [manuscript], ca.1890-1910.

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Photographs of American and European actors, actresses and singers [manuscript], ca.1890-1910.

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Identified artists include Dustin Farnum-- Olive Fremstad -- Grace George -- Maxine Elliott -- Marguerite Clark -- Emma Eames -- Alois Burgstaller -- Amelia Bingham -- John Drew -- Irene Bentley -- Blanche Bates -- Ethel Barrymore -- Mary Anderson -- Eleanora Duse -- Bessie Wynn -- Ellen Terry -- Edna May -- Cecelia Loftus -- Bonnie Magin -- Mary Mannering -- Hattie Williams -- Dorothy Tennant -- Eleanor Robson -- Lillian Russell -- Blanche Ring -- Viola Allson -- Anna Held -- Percy Haswell -- Lulu Glaser -- Edna Wallace Harper -- Heinrich Knote -- Elsie Janis -- Julia Marlowe and E.H. Sothern -- Maude Adams -- Edwin Booth -- Helena Modjeska -- Kate Claxton -- Richard Mansfield -- Joseph Jefferson--Ada Rehan.

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58 photographs.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934474

University of Virginia. Library

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Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

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Burgstaller, Alois

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Eames, Emma, 1865-1952

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American soprano. From the description of 7 photographs of Emma Eames, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500329 From the description of Emma Eames autographs, 1893 Oct. 20. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 639465193 From the description of Autograph letter signed Emma Eames Gogorza, dated : New York, 9 December 1928, to Mrs. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1928 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566097 From the description of Autograp...

Photographs of American and European actors, actresses and singers [manuscript], ca.1890-1910.

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