Cartes-de-visite photographs of Adah Isaacs Menken ca. 1862-1866.

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Cartes-de-visite photographs of Adah Isaacs Menken ca. 1862-1866.

Collection of theatrical cartes-de-visite (card photographs) of Adah Isaacs Menken in costumes and scenes from various productions in the United States and France.

1 box (.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179206

Houghton Library

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Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835-1868

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Actress and author. From the description of Adah Isaacs Menken papers, 1862-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980303 American actress active in England. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Liverpool, 19 April [n.y.], to [Edward Tyrrell] Smith, [n.y., Apr. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582298 Adah Isaacs Menken was born in Milneburg (a suburb of New Orleans), Louisiana, in 1835. Learned in Bible, literature ...