Album with autograph cards, postcards and old photographs
Germany, ca. 1900-1915
96 pages with ca. 288 portraitures of stage actors, opera singers, dancers and other celebrities of these times
Mostly black and white, a few colored
Some cards with autograph (e.g. Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar)
Half cloth binding with illustrated cover
Dimensions folio volume: 41 x 26.5 x 5 cm

This very interesting album is filled with ca. 288 autograph cards of stars of the beginning of the 20th century. On the 96 pages you can find opera singers like Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar and Emmy Destinn, Berlin stage actors like Waldemar Staegemann, Vilma von Mayburg and Oscar Beregi, but also the componist Richard Strauss. Many of the cards are signed. Furthermore there are greeting cards and old photographs. It is a wonderful document of the period from 1900 until 1915.

Selection of included cards:

Hansi Arnstaedt (German actor), Sophie Wachner (German actor), Vilma von Mayburg (German actor), Oscar Beregi (Hungarian silent movie star), Olga Desmond (German dancer), Emmy Destinn (Czech opera singer), Waldemar Staegemann (German actor), Rudolf Christians (German actor), Francis Maclennan (US American opera singer), Saharet (Australian Cancan dancer), Richard Strauss (German componist), Geraldine Farrar (US American opera singer), Enrico Caruso (Italian opera singer).



Condition

Most of the portraitures are black and white photographs, some of them are colored. The album is bound in the half cloth and shows a beautiful illustration on the cover. Its dimensions are 41 x 26.5 cm. It shows considerable signs of age and use. The included cards are mostly in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

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