Finding Aid for Portraits of Performers, 1870-1951, undated, bulk 1870-1935
Finding aid prepared by Beth Ann Guynn, B. Karenina Karyadi and Linda Kleiger
Descriptive Summary
Title: Portraits of performers
Date (inclusive): 1870-1951, undated (bulk 1870-1935)
Number: 2014.R.4
Physical Description:
7.4 linear feet
(7 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection comprises 385 studio portraits dating from the 1870s to the 1930s of variety show artists including vaudeville,
burlesque, minstrel and stage performers. The card-mounted portraits, primarily cabinet cards, depict sketch, character and
comedic actors; singers; dancers; acrobats; gymnasts; contortionists; clowns; acrobatic cyclists; jugglers; aerialists and
trapeze and wire artists; ventriloquists; minstrel singers and players; comedians; male and female impersonators; strongmen
and strongwomen; show riders and other performers hailing from and photographed across Europe, the United States, Egypt, and
Latin America.
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Language: Collection material is in
English and
French with some
German.
Biographical/Historical Note
The present collection was assembled by an unknown collector or collectors. It was formerly part of the Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center collection, where it had been donated in 1998 by Mark Story. It is not known how Story obtained the collection or whether
or not he was in any way responsible for its assembly. There are two sets of similar or often identical brief French annotations
written on most of the versos of the photographs. One set is written in a shakier hand, often in pencil and could belong to
the original assembler. The second set is written, usually in ballpoint pen, on brown paper labels adhered to the versos.
These appear to be the more recent annotations. Parts of two distinct large collections are present in the overall assembly.
One group hails from Edmund Desbonnet's Collection athlétique and the other from Mike Teller's collection of stage personalities
and performers, both of which were originally amassed in the vaudeville era. The remainder of the items would seem to have
been collected piecemeal by the unknown collector.
A French academic, photographer, gymnast, and fitness theorist and instructor, Edmond Desbonnet (1868-1952), was an early
proponent of the physical culture movement that was a response both to the perceived decadence of the Belle Époque and to
the physical weakness that France's recent loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany seemed to signal. Desbonnet was the creator
of the eponymously-named méthode Desbonnet of gymnastics and founder of a chain of physical culture or fitness centers, opening
his first rooms in Lille in 1895 and then in locations such as Roubaix, Paris, Geneva, and Brussels. Using the slogan "Santé,
Beauté, Force," his method was based on analytical exercises, weightlifting and stretching.
Desbonnet authored numerous books on physical culture including his most well-known volume
Les rois de la force, histoire de tous les hommes forts depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours (1911) and published five journals on the subject, the most popular of which were
La culture physique and
La santé par les sports. He was the first person to use photography to illustrate fitness methods, and his stereographs, along with stereo viewers,
were available for purchase through his magazines.
A sickly child, Desbonnet was required to perform gymnastic exercises as part of his treatment. When still a boy he found
his first photograph of a strongman, which spurred his interest in collecting images of athletes. These athletes were often
performers - strongmen and strongwomen, acrobats, gymnasts, and jugglers - in vaudeville shows, cabarets and theaters. Desbonnet
amassed a large collection of perhaps thousands of photographs. Little seems to be known of the history of his Collection
athlétique and its ultimate dispersal.
Michael "Mike" Teller was the proprietor of the Teller Theatrical Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a business that he
founded in 1871 and ran until his death in 1914. The hotel or boarding house, ultimately located at 701 Vine Street, was the
temporary or seasonal residence for innumerable theatrical "artistes" passing through Philadelphia during the heyday of American
variety theater. Teller, Civil War veteran-turned-hotelier, was apparently much beloved by his guests. Following in the tradition
of collecting celebrity portraits that had begun with the carte-de-visite craze in the 1860s, he amassed somewhere between
1,800 and 2,000 photographs, most of which hung in his hotel in large frames containing between 100 and 300 portraits. He
received most of the portraits directly from his guests, who usually wrote dedications to him across the photographic image
or on the mount. Philadelphia's
Evening Public Ledger noted in a brief obituary the day after Teller's death that, "His autographed pictures of old-time stage favorites is considered
a rare collection, of which he often boasted" (26 December 1914).
Teller's Theatrical Hotel closed at the end of May, 1915. Teller had bequeathed his collection to the comedian Billy B. Van,
who was one of Teller's first guests and a life-long friend. Van moved the collection to Georges Mills, New Hampshire, and
installed it in the Van Harbor Casino Movie Company, his own moving picture studio. The collection was apparently dispersed
at some later date and its subsequent whereabouts have remained unknown to the cataloger.
Sources consulted for Edmond Desbonnet:
Early Visual Media, Photography section, "Early French Culture Physique Photography: Professor Edmond Desbonnet," ©2003, http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/culturephysique.html.
Legendary Strength, Stongman Mastery section; "Edmond Desbonnet," October 18, 2013, http://legendarystrength.com/edmond-desbonnet.
Sources consulted for Mike Teller:
New York Clipper. "Mike Teller Dead," January 2, 1915, p.10.
Philadelphia Record. "Famous Hostelry is Discontinued," June 6, 1915, p. 3.
Public Ledger (Philadelphia). "Michael Teller,"December 26, 1914, p.15.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Portraits of performers, 1870-1962, undated, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2014.R.4.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2014r4
Acquisition Information
Gift of Advisory Council for the Arts of Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Acquired in 2013.
Processing History
Processed by B. Karenina Karyadi, who also began the finding aid, under the supervision of Beth Ann Guynn in 2014. Finding
aid written by Beth Ann Guynn and Linda Kleiger in 2016.
Related Archival Materials
The Gustave Soury Collection at the Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée in Maresille (Museum of European
and Mediterranean Civilizations or MuCEM) holds duplicates or other images of many of the same sitters appearing in the photographs
in this collection. They are accessible by keyword search at http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/phocem/accueil.htm.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises 385 studio portraits of variety show artists, including vaudeville, burlesque, minstrel and other
stage performers, dating from the 1870s to the 1930s. The collection, which is fairly equally divided between American and
European performers, spans the heydays of what were known as the music hall or variety show entertainments in England and
the European continent and as vaudeville and American burlesque in the United States.
Depicted are sketch, character and comedy actors; singers; dancers; acrobats; gymnasts; contortionists; clowns; acrobatic
cyclists; jugglers; aerialists and trapeze and wire artists; ventriloquists; minstrel (i.e. blackface) singers and players;
comedians; male and female impersonators; strongmen and strongwomen; and show riders. Some of the later performers represented
in the collection, such as Bert Coote and Billy B. Van, made the transition from stage to film. Many of the specialized variety
artists were photographed in costume and holding props such as juggling pins, fans and riding crops to signify their specialties.
Singers and actors tend to be photographed in street or evening clothes, although some of these performers are dressed as
the characters they were most well-known for portraying. Although sitters represented in the collection such as monologist
Frank Fogerty, the "Dublin Mistrel," who won the
New York Morning Telegraph's contest for most popular vaudeville actor in 1912; the actress Blanche Walsh; Nellie Doner, boy impersonator and later ballet
mistress of the New York Hippodrome; and comedian and White Rats vaudeville labor union leader, George B. Reno, may have been
household names at the time their portraits were taken and collected, their popularity has been long-eclipsed by ever more
recent entertainers and today their names and acts are scarcely remembered.
Photographers hail from across the United States and Europe, with New York- and Paris-based photographers predominating respectively.
Most photographers represented in the collection were local or regional portrait photographers and are not well-known today.
European photographers of some note include George Henry Hana in London, Paul Boyer of Paris and Wilhelm Scharmann in Berlin.
Present is one portrait by the Spanish photographer Jean (Juan) Laurent. The collection also includes a few portraits from
Latin American countries, notably Cuba and Argentina, and one by the Egyptian photographer G. Lékégian.
Many of the New York photographers represented in the collection were among those who had studios located on or near Broadway
and who were patronized by theater personnel. These include Otto Sarony; Joseph Hall; Theodore C. Marceau (who also had studios
in Philadelphia and Boston); Apeda Studio and White Studio. Other areas of the United States with established theater districts
also had photography studios which drew a theatrical clientele. W. M. Morrison is among several Chicago photographers present
in the collection; San Francisco is represented by Elite Studio, Louis Thors and other studios. Elmer Chickering had a studio
in Boston. A number of photographers in the collection hail from Ohio including Baker's Art Gallery in Columbus, which was
run by the photographer Lorenzo Martin.
Most of the portraits take the form of card mounted photographs, with the bulk being cabinet cards (approximately 6 1/2 x
4 inches), although the card sizes range from cartes-de-visite to boudoir cards and from Paris and imperial cards to larger
mounted portraits. Also present are both photographic and photomechanical postcards, as well as a few unmounted photographic
prints. The type of card mount or mount dimensions are noted in the item-level scope and content notes. Unless otherwise noted,
the postcard format is 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. There are two sets of similar or often identical brief French annotations written
on most of the versos of the photographs. Ballpoint ink annotations on most versos in French, often found on a brown paper
label, seem to signal the unknown collector who assembled the present collection. These annotations echo the second set of
annotations written in a shakier, more elderly hand. Additionally, parts of two distinct large collections are present in
the overall assembly. Series I hails from Edmund Desbonnet's Collection athlétique, while Series II originally formed part
of Mike Teller's collection of stage personalities and performers. Both of these collections were originally amassed in the
vaudeville era and later dispersed.
Series I contains 76 items that originally formed part of Edmond Desbonnet's Collection athlétique and they bear his collection
wet stamp. The portraits in this series were made by a wide variety of photographers, mostly European, although a few were
taken by American photographers. None of the portraits present here are known to have been taken by Desbonnet himself. The
sitters are European men and women who performed as gymnasts, acrobats, dancers, contortionists, equestrian acts, jugglers,
trapeze artists, acrobatic cyclists, clowns and singers.
Series II comprises a small group of 22 portraits that originally formed part of Mike Teller's collection of theatrical portraits.
The items in this series were determined to have been part of Teller's collection based on the dedications they bear. The
photographers in this series are all American portrait photographers, primarily located in New York, Chicago and Cincinnati,
Columbus or Toledo, Ohio, although the work of quite a few regional photography studios is also represented. Most of the sitters
are American, although a few were of British birth. Present are actors, singers, comedians and other variety artists.
Series III comprises 287 portraits that cannot be definitively assigned to either the Desbonnet or Teller collections due
to their lack of explicit dedications or collector's stamps, although some of the images included in the series could have
originally been part of either collection. Overall, the items in this series would seem to have been collected piecemeal by
the unknown collector. The series is further divided into three subseries: III.A Portraits of women; III.B Portraits of men;
and III.C Group portraits. The series comprises relatively equal numbers of portraits of American and European performers
taken by a proportionate number of American and European photographers. The American performers are primarily dramatic artists,
comedians and singers while the European performers are more varied in their specialties which are of a broader gymnastic
or athletic nature. Also included in the series is one circus-related pamphlet entitled
The Call of the Calliope.
Many of the cards in Series I and III bear a talent agent's or agency's label or wet stamp on their verso. These include Agence
Rubini; C. M. Ercole; E. de Rasim; Emmanuel Roche; E. Schlax; Richard Warner; J. D. Marcadet; E. Perrìer; Staveau & Wilson;
G. Hoffman American Star Agency; and the Globe Amusement Association. The presence of these agency markings is noted in the
scope and content notes for the individual items. The physical descriptions and imprints of the most prevalent agencies are
as follows:
Agence Rubini labels are buff with lines left for Nom, Genre, Libre and Conditions. The label imprint reads: Agence Rubini
/ Ex-Regisseur-Général / des / Deux Cirques / 117, boulevard Richard Lenoir, 117 / Paris / Adresse télégraphique / Agence
Rubini, Paris. This adddress is crossed out and new address stamped in purple ink: 12, Boulevard du Temple, 12. Some cards
bear only an Agence Rubini wet stamp with the later address on their versos: Agence Rubini / 12, boule du Temple / Paris.
The C. M. Ercole labels are green with lines left for Genre, No[m], and Adresse to be filled in. The label imprint is as follows:
C. M. Ercole / Théâtres / Concerts & cirques / 8 rue de Port-Mahon 8 / Paris / Adresse télégraphique / Ercole-Paris. Also
sometimes present is a purple wet stamp reading either: Théâtres - concerts / cirques / C. M. Ercole / 8, rue de Port-Mahon,
8 / Paris, or: Ercole / 22 chaussée d'Antin / Paris / théâtres / concerts / cirques.
The purple Schlax wet stamp reads: Agence générale / artistique / E. Schlax / 37, rue de Trévise, / Paris.
The purple wet stamps for Roche read either: Emmanuel Roche/ Agent for variety artistes / 72, rue du Château-d'Eau, 72 / Paris,
or: Cirques-variétés / A. E. Roche / 72, rue du Château-d'eau, 72 / Paris.
Warner wet stamp reads: Richard Warner Cie, Ltd. / Agence internationale / pour théâtres / music halls et concerts / 45 rue
Richer, 45 / Paris.
Marcadet wet stamp: Théâtres, concerts, cirques, music-halls / J. D. Marcadet / Imprésario / [various dates] / Correspondances
en toutes langues / Agences succursales: Bruxelles, Londres, Berlin / 4, rue de l'Échiquier, 4 - Paris. Variant wet stamps
are noted under the portrait on which they appear.
Perríer stamp reads: E. Perríer / Agence théâtrale internationale / 20 bould. St. Denis / Paris.
Staveau & Wilson wet stamp reads: Staveau & Wilson / Agence artistique / 19, rue d'Enghien, 19 / Paris. [telephone] 1524.
The individual items in the collection were numbered prior to final arrangement. Thus, while items are sequentially filed
within each box, the arrangement in the finding aid is not sequential.
Arrangement
Arranged in three series:
Series I. Desbonnet collection, 1889-1906, undated;
Series II. Mike Teller collection, 1886-1909, undated;
Series III. Other entertainers and personalities, 1870-1951, undated.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Boyer, Paul, active 1900-1909
Chickering, Elmer
Coote, Bert , (Albert), 1868-1939
Desbonnet, Edmond
Doner, Nellie Mordecai, 1874-1923
Fogerty, Frank
Hall, Joseph (photographer)
Hana, George Henry, 1868-1925
Laurent y Minier, Jean, 1816-1892
Lékégian, G.
Morrison, W. M., (William McKenzie), 1857-1927
Reno, George B.
Sarony, Otto
Teller, Mike, (Michael), d. 1914
Theodore C. Marceau, 1859-1922
Thors, Louis
Van, Billy B.
Walsh, Blanche, 1873-1915
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Baker's Art Gallery.
Elite (Photographic firm)
White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects - Topics
Acrobats
Actors
Actresses
Aerialists
Animal trainers
Clowns
Comedians
Dancers
Entertainers
Gymnasts
Jugglers
Male actors
Musicians
Show riders
Singers
Ventriloquists
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints--19th century
Boudoir photographs
Cabinet photographs--19th century
Carbon prints--19th century
Card photographs (photographs)--19th century
Card photographs (photographs)--20th century
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)--19th century
Collodion prints--19th century
Collotypes--19th century
Gelatin silver prints--19th century
Gelatin silver prints--20th century
Group portraits--19th century
Group portraits--20th century
Imperial photographs--19th century
Photographic postcards--19th century
Photographic postcards--20th century
Photographs, Original
Picture postcards--19th century
Picture postcards--20th century
Platinum prints--19th century
Relief halftones (prints)--19th century
Studio portraits--19th century
Studio portraits--20th century
Series I
Desbonnet collection,
1889-1906, undated
Physical Description:
76.0 items
Scope and Content Note
The series contains 76 items that originally formed part of Edmond Desbonnet's Collection athlétique. The portraits in this
series were made by a wide vareity of photographers, mostly European, although a few were taken by American photographers.
None of the portraits present here are known to have been taken by Desbonnet himself. The sitters are European men and women
who performed as gymnasts, acrobats, dancers, contortionists, equestrian acts, jugglers, trapeze artists, acrobatic cyclists,
clowns and singers.
All of the mounts are wet stamped on their versos with Desbonnet's collection stamp bearing the following text: Collection
athlétique / du / Professeur Desbonnet / Paris / 48, Faubourg Poissonniere. Some of the images included in Series III. Other
entertainers and personalities, that lack explicit dedications could possibly also have been part of the Desbonnet collection.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by last name of sitter (individual or troupe name) followed by sitters identifed only by first name.
Group names, including duos known by two first names, are treated as if they are surnames. Group names beginning with a numeral
precede the alphabetical listing (an alternate title using the written numeral follows in parentheses), while group names
beginning with a written number are filed alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-47
Staudt, J., Les 3 chères M. R. (?) (Les trois chères M. R. (?)),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver or collodion cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso, which continues: danses et chants russes /
nationales. Printed on recto: J. Staudt/ Allerhöchste Annerkennung / Amt 1, 3784. / Berlin NW. 7 / Unter den Linden 47 / Ecke
Friedrichstrasse / vis-à-vis Kranzler. Richard Warner wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-45
Reimers, Théodore, Les 3 Villard, balancing trapeze (Les trois Villard),
after 1899
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Date derived from date of prize printed on verso.
Ink annotation on verso. Les 3 Villard / trapèze. Photographer's signature and information printed on recto (obscured) and
verso.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-11
Herrmann, R., 4 Sisters Merkels (Four Sisters Merkels),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto and verso: R. Herrmann, Nfg. / Jhn. Otto
Reche / Leipzig / Tauchaerstr. 6. Although the group's name implies a familial relationship, the members were probably unrelated
to one another. The group was noted for their gymnastic and contortion performances. See also 2014.R.4-325.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-01
Leyenaar, C., Louise Amoros,
1904
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion cabinet card. Title and date from dedication written across portrait, which reads: De ton amie / Louise Amoros,
/ Cardiff, le 4, 8, / 04. Annotation on verso: Louisa Amoros / gymnaste. Printed on recto: C. Leyenaar / Rotterdam / Kruiskade.
The sitter was also known as Louise Amoros Miller, and was possibly a member of the Amoros Sisters, an acrobatic act.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-02
Hennegan & Co., Les Auberts, danseurs modernes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone on card 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches. Title printed on mount along with: Hennegan & Co. / Vivi-photo / Cincinnati,
O.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-55
Kurtze, Georg, Miss Boyston,
1906
Scope and Content Note
Letterpress halftone postcard. Date from postmark on verso. Title printed on recto. Annotation on recto: Casino - Municipal
- Nice. Printed on verso: Georg Kurtze, Leipzig, Wintergarten [___]. Postcard addressed to: Monsieur Richard Warner / agent
artistique / Paris / 45 rue Richer 45.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-04
Photographer unknown, Mlle Lucie Caira, gymnaste,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard; with verso printed in French. Title printed on recto. Brown paper label on verso reads: Lucie Caira
/ gymnaste.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-05
Seeber, Clemens, Charlton Troupe,
approximately 1889
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin p.o.p. on cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Printed on recto: C. Seeber, Theaterstrasse 22, Chemnitz.
/ 1889. Photographer's imprint on verso of mount is largely obscured by a printed Agence Rubini label. Annotation on Agence
Rubini label, written in two different hands: Charlton Troupe; Acrobates. Handwritten brown paper label on verso reads: Charlton
Troupe / Acrobates.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-49
Vasseur, L., Danicheff, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on mount 9 3/8 x 7 inches (slightly smaller than an imperial card). Title from handwritten brown paper
label on verso. Printed on recto: L. Vasseur / photographe / [obscured by printing] / Paris. Photographer's wet stamp on verso:
Photographie / L. Vasseur / 24, rue d'Amsterdam, Paris. These acrobats are possibly related to another performing group known
as "Les Danicheff." For materials relating to "Les Danicheff" in this collection, see 2014.R.4-350 and 2014.R.4-351.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-06
Seeber, Clemens, Deicke,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from black ink annotation on verso. Blue ink annotation on verso: Les Deicke / acrobates.
Printed on recto: C. Seeber / Chemnitz / Theaterstr. 22. A duplicate image in the Soury Collection at MuCEM identifies the
sitters as Alfredo and Eugène Deike. The two men are holding small accordians or some other sort of bellows device.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-07
Photographer unknown, Les Dubary, Original novelty,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard with verso printed in German. Title printed on recto. Handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso
reads: Les Dubary / Original novelty. Image same as 2014.R.4-08.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-08
Photographer unknown, Les Dubary, Original novelty,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard, printed in German on verso. Title from duplicate image 2014.R.4-07. Handwritten brown paper label
on verso reads: Arizona / acrobates. Agence Rubini wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-09
Photographer unknown, The Ellesmeres,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard with verso printed in English. Title from annotation on recto. Annotation on verso: Ellesmerê. The
image is of a woman sitting on a bicycle with her feet resting on the front tire. She is a member of the Ellesmeres, an acrobatic
bicycle troupe.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-44
Apeda Studio, Miss A. Fechow,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print. Title from annotation on verso; written in a different hand: Miss A. Fechow / acrobatex. Wet stamp on
verso: Apeda / Studio / Photographers / 102-104 West 38th St., N.Y.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-10
Reutlinger, Marie Forè,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Reutlinger / Paris. Photographer's imprint
on verso of mount is mostly obscured by a C. M. Ercole label with annotations written in two different hands: Chanteuse &
danseuse espagnole / Marie Forè (ink); Marie Forè / danseuse (pencil).
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-12
Formato Salon, Les Funiculi, danseurs napolitains,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen imperial card. Title from handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso. Printed on recto: Formato Salon. The troupe
is wearing sailor costumes. Image same as 2014.R.4-13. See also 2014.R.4-14.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-13
Formato Salon, Les Funiculi, danseurs napolitains,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen imperial card. Title from handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso. Printed on recto: Formato Salon. The troupe
is wearing sailor costumes. Image same as 2014.R.4-12. See also 2014.R.4-14.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-14
Formato Salon, Les Funiculi, danseurs napolitains,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen imperial card. Title from handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso. Printed on recto: Formato Salon. The troupe
is wearing traditional Italian costumes. See also 2014.R.4-12 and 2014.R.4-13.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-15
Photographer unknown, Los Garitos,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard with verso printed in French. Title printed on recto. Handwritten brown paper label on verso reads:
Los Garitos / danseurs espagnole.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-18
G. G. Co. (?), The Great Florida Sisters, Creolen Girls,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver postcard with verso printed in several languages. Title printed on recto with: G. G. / Co. Annotation
on verso: Florida / créoles.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-16
North, Thomas, [Florence Godfrey],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Printed on mount: Thos. North / 70. Grafton St. / Dublin. Annotation on recto: Humel / écuyère.
Handwritten white paper label affixed to verso, written in two different hands: Mm. Humel / (Miss Godefrey [sic]); écuyère.
Handwritten translucent label affixed to verso, written in a third hand reads: Miss F. Godfrey. A duplicate image in the Soury
Collection at MuCEM identifies the sitter as Florence Godfrey. "Mm. Humel" may refer to a different riding act performer,
Flory Humel, who was a contemporary of Godfrey.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-17
Froehlich, Ch., Peroline Goyet,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation along left side of verso. Printed on recto: Ch. Froelich, Anvers.
Photographer's imprint on verso is obscured by an Agence Rubini label. Label annotated in two different hands: Peroline Goyet;
Peroline Goyet / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-19
Photographer unknown, Helen et Gilex, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard with verso printed in several languages. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-60
Müller, Carl, [Acrobat from Hermanos Pexer],
after 1899
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Date derived from date of latest award printed on verso. Annotation on verso: Von Hermanos
Pe[___]. Handwritten brown paper label on verso reads: von / Hermanos / Pexer / Acrobate. Printed on recto: Carl Müller /
Berlin, W. / Unter den Linden 15. Printed on verso with additional information: Photographisches / Atelier / Carl Müller /
Berlin, W. / Unter den Linden 15, / gegenüber der Neustädt. Kirchstr.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-20
Motzkus, E., [Claire and Ellen Hernandez],
approximately 1893
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Date from wet stamp on verso. Printed on recto: E. Motzkus, Halle a/S. Gr. Ulrichstr. 57. Annotations
on verso, written in two different hands: Claire et Ellen H[___] / aff: d. Mi[___] Magyie; Hernandez / acrobates. Wet stamp
on verso: Agence générale artistique / des concerts & cirques / Fondée en 1884 / 14 Sept 93 / E. de Rasimi / Lyon-2, rue Paradis,
2-Lyon.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-23
Razzi, F. Carmen de Lilde,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard. Title printed on recto. Printed on verso: Stab. Tip. [Stabilimento Tipografico] F. Razzi - Napoli.
Agence Rubini wet stamp on verso. Handwritten brown paper label on verso reads: Carmen de / Lilde / acrobate. De Lilde was
a "chanteuse à transformations."
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-24
König, C., Margarethe Lobe,
1901
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Date from debossed text on recto. Pencil annotation
on verso: Écuyère. Handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso reads: Margarethe Lobe / écuyère. Printed on recto: Atelier
C. König. Naumburg aS. Printed on verso: Photograph König / Naumburg a/S / Poststrasse / nahe der Kaiserl. Post...
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-340
Mateos, Mario et Zoraide,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard, printed in spanish on verso. Title and photographer's name stamped on recto. Penciled on verso: Acrobates.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-27
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Maritana and Victoria,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso: Maritana & Victoria. / Elegante bravour Gymnastikerinnen / Ständige
Adresse: / Stettin, Gr. Oderstrasse 22. 3 Tr. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann, Berlin, S.W. / Komamandantent Str. 15. A
cabinet card with a different image of Maritana and Victoria in the Soury Collection at MuCEM also identifies the duo as gymnasts.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-28
Bancalari, Vincenzo, [Miss Nellie Marshall],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from wet stamps on verso: G. W. Price, Miss Nellie Marshall / & / Albert Price: / Clowns, musicals,
danseurs, etc. / N.b. - Miss Nellie Marshall, / est la seule femme clown / musical et danseuse. Printed on verso: Fotografia
Romana / Vicenzo Bancalari / Via di Ripetta No. 191 / Borgo S. Angelo No. 12 / Roma. Printed on recto: Fotografia Roman...
(remainder of imprint cut off). Annotation on recto: Miss Nelly. G. W. and Albert Price appear to have been her agents.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-29
Edwards & Co., Nellie May,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Annotations written directly on verso and on brown
paper label: Nellie / May / danseuse. Printed label on verso: "The Globe" / Amusement Association, / London. / Richard Elliott,
/ Director. / Nellie May [handwritten on label]. Wet stamp on verso: Alfred Phasey's / Anglo-Italian school for / stage dancing
and general / ballet agency, / 3, Lambeth Palace Road, London, S.E.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-31
Recker, Wilhelm, Bros. Meers,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on printed Agence Rubini label affixed to verso, written in two different hands:
Bros. Meers; Acrobates. A cabinet card with a different image of the Meers Brothers in the Soury Collection at MuCEM identifies
the sitters as Alfred and George Meers. Other cabinet cards in the Soury Collection indicate that the sitters were also part
of the O'Meers Trio.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-32
Laborie & Vasseur, Marie Mercèdès II,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Printed on recto: Laborie & Vasseur, 11, rue Boudreau / Paris. Wet stamp
and text printed on verso of mount are largely obscured by a printed C. M. Ercole label with annotation: Marie Mercedes II
/ poses plastiques.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-21
Ernst Schmidt & Co., John Mettros and Truppe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collotype postcard printed on blue paper. Title printed on recto. Printed on verso: Nordische Kunstanstalt, Ernst Schmidt
& Co., Lübeck. Ansichtskarten-Spezialfabrik. Postfach 188. Brown paper label on verso reads: John Mettros / troupe. A postcard
with a different image of John Mettros and troupe in the Soury Collection at MuCEM identifies the group as fan jugglers. In
this image fans and other juggling discs are positioned around the troupe.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-33
Sartony, Marguerite Molter,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on related image 2014.R.4-144. Printed on recto: Sartony. 16. rue Duphot. / Paris.
Brown paper label on verso reads: Dufeyré / danseuse.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-35
Dorofeev, N., Rachel Mousset,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion (?) cabinet card. Printed on verso: N. Dorofeev / Nevskīĭ Prospe.[ekt] No. 132 / Prot.[iv] Aleksandro-Nevskoĭ /
v S. Peterburge. Annotation on verso, written in two different hands: 39 / Rachel Mousset; Acrobate. With three Agence Artistique
wet stamps on verso.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-36
Newman, The Mühlemann's, Swiss Mountaineer Trio from Interlaken,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver imperial card. Title printed on recto with: Newman. No. 13 Ave. A, N.Y. Brown paper label on verso reads: Les
Mühlemann's / Trio / Danseurs / Suisses. The portrait is of one female only.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-37
Fritz Leyde & Co., Madge Perry,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Colllodion cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Annotation on verso: Madge Perret [sic] / acrobate. Debossed on recto:
Fritz Leyde & Co., Berlin / Unter d. Linden 59. Also printed on recto and blind stamped in image: Fritz Leyde & Co.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-38
Photographer unknown, Le quatuor Mondains russe, nationale zang en dans, (Le 4 Mondains russe),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from label affixed to recto. Photographer's imprint on verso of mount card is largely
obscured by a C. M. Ercole label with annotation: Quatuor Mondains / russes / chant et danses. C. M. Ercole wet stamp on verso.
The group is wearing darker colored folk costumes and holding tamborines. See also 2014.R.4-39.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-39
Photographer unknown, Le quatuor Mondains russe, nationale zang en dans, (Le 4 Mondains russe),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from label affixed to recto. Photographer's imprint on verso of mount card is largely
obscured by a C. M. Ercole label with annotation: Quatuor Mondains / russes / chant & danses. The group is wearing lighter
colored folk costumes and holding hats and hankies. See also 2014.R.4-39.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-40
Seeber, Clemens, Les Rigoletto, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Colliodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Written in a second hand: Rigoletto. Printed on recto: Atelier
Seeber. Chemnitz, / Theaterstrasse 22. The portrait shows three boys, the oldest of whom is dressed as a young woman.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-41
Richardson, The Rizarelis and Recar Trio,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard. Title printed on recto. Printed on image on recto: Rizarelis. Printed on verso: Richardson's Theatrical
Series 3581 / Music hall artistes' printer. Annotation on verso: Rizarellis / acrobates.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-42
Ernst Schmidt & Co., i. F. Saida u. Carmen, Trapez Luft Akt,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collotype postcard with verso printed in German. Title printed on recto. Printed under individual performers: Miss Elfriede
Carmen; Directrice Miss Saida. Printed on verso: Nordische Kunstanstalt. Ernst Schmidt. Lübeck Ansichtskartenspecial Fabrik.
Annotation on verso: Saida. U. Carmen. / Trapezite. See also Miss Saida, 2014.R.4-209 and 2014.R.4-354.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-03
Koch, Louis, Sœurs Bono,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from brown ink annotation on verso. Blue ink annotation on verso: Gymnastes. Wet stamp
on verso: Agence générale / Artistique / E. Schlax / 37, rue de Trévise, / Paris.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-30
Photographer unknown, Les sœurs Mazzoli, jongleuses modernes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard. Title printed on recto. Annotation on verso: 40 frs. jour.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-34
Christensen, Marius, Sœurs Moulier,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso: Sœurs Moulier / acrobates / gymnastes.
Printed on recto: Marius Christensen / Dags-og / Atelier moderne (remainder of printing obscured). The Sisters Moulier were
horizontal bar performers.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-43
Photographer unknown, Les sœurs Serierse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard. Title from annotation on recto. Annotation on verso: Les sœurs Serierse / acrobates. Different images
of the sitters are available in the Soury Collection at MuCEM, including with a fourth member and with the group known alternatively
as Sours [sic] Serierse or Les 4 Serierse.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-46
Photographer unknown, Trio Guerra,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard. Title from caption in negative. Annotation on verso: Guerra / acrobates. Wet stamp on verso: G. Mosse
/ Portici Via Nizza - Torino. A duplicate image in the Soury Collection at MuCEM identifies the sitters as performers of acrobatic
flips.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-48
Beal, Charles, Troupe Athos,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. on card 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Title from black ink annotation on verso; blue ink annotation reads: Athos / acrobates.
Printed on verso: Chas. Beal, 125 1/2 S. Spring St., Los Angeles.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-50
D'Illin & Philippe, Troupe russ. Engelsky,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso. Printed on recto: W. d'Illin. Genève / 3 rue du Mont Blanc
3. Lengthier studio information printed on verso; card is numbered 18257. Pencil annotation on verso: Russes. Handwritten
paper label affixed to verso reads: Engelsky / danseurs russes.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-51
Varga, G. and J., Troupe Talboorn, acrobates & clossons,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on Paris panel (also known as Mintha). Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto: G. & J. Varga, Zagreb.
Printed on verso: G. & J. Varga / Zagreb, Agram / _ulica 34 / U Vlastitoj Kući im eigenen Hause. Handwritten brown paper label
affixed to verso reads: Talboorne [sic] / acrobates. Also known as "la familie Talboorn."
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-52
Chamberlin, Troupe Védy,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso. Annotation on verso: Travail à deuse (sic)
sur un fil de fer. Printed on recto and verso (with additional studio information): Chamberlin / 63 / Boul.d Rochechouart
/ Paris. Negative number added in pencil: 92210.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-53
Schaar, J., Zelia Zampa,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Annotations in two different hands on printed Agence Rubini
label on verso: Zelia Zampa; Acrobate. Printed on recto: J. Schaar / Düsseldorf / Schadowstr. 72 / vis-à-vis der Tonhalle
/ m. Gladbach / Crefelderstr. 117.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-72
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Vendaro,
after 1902
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver or collodion cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Pencil annotations on verso in three hands:
Vendaro / Balance (?) etat; telque / 0,06 [___] ; Vendaro / acrobate. Date derived from date printed on verso. Printed on
recto (and repeated on verso with additional studio information: Wilhm. Scharmann. Berlin, S.W. / Kommandanten Str. The female
sitter was part of The Two Vendaro Original Balance Troupe. See 2014.R.4-218.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-54
Photographer unknown, "La belle Atalanta",
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard. Title printed on recto. Annotation on verso: La belle / Atalante / acrobate. She was noted for her
"disrobing act."
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-56
Boisdon, Maurice-Eugène, Emma,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotations on verso, written in two hands: Emma; Trapeze. Handwritten white paper
label affixed to verso reads: Emma trapeziste. Printed on recto: Boisdon. Paris. Printed on verso: M. Boisdon / 19, boulevard
St. Denis, 19 / Paris. / Photographe / des concerts & théâtres / auteurs & compositeurs / des sports athlétiques / boxe, escrime,
etc. / R. Deschavannes, Paris.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-57
Bonfort, C., Emma, athlète,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Annotation on verso, repeated in two different hands: Emma / athlete. Printed on
recto of card: C. Bonfort (above image); C. Bonfort. Marseille (below image). Printed on verso with additional studio information:
C. Bonfort / 39, rue St. Férréol / Marseille.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-58
Nissim, A., Miss Evelina, contorsionista,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from printed label affixed to mount recto. A second label partially obscured by the
first label bears the same title. Handwritten brown paper label on recto reads: Miss Evelina / contorsioniste. Photographer's
name, address and additional information printed on verso: A. Nissim / Cagliari / Piazza Jenne, 14.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-59
Hana, George Henry, Florida, acrobate,
after 1894
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso. Printed on recto: Studio 443 Strand, London.
Hana. Date based on fact that Hana moved to his Strand studio in 1894.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-61
Boisdon, Maurice-Eugène, Mlle Lutza, comique danseuse - transformation,
1901
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Date from wet stamp on verso. Title from ink annotation on verso. Pencil annotation on verso: Acrobate.
J. D. Marcadet wet stamp on verso. Printed on recto: Boison. Paris. Printed on verso with additional information: M. Boisdon
/ 19, boulevard St. Denis, 19 / Paris.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-25
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Mlle Lydia & Albino, equilibristen,
approximately 1903
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Date printed on verso. Title from wet stamp on recto and verso. Printed on recto and verso:
Wilh. Scharmann / Berlin, S.W. / Kommandantenstr. 15... Numbered in negative: 4. Mlle. Lydia appears by herself standing in
front of a Japanese screen. For additional portraits of Mlle. Lydia see 2014.R.4-26 and 2014.R.4-197.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-26
Photographer unknown, Mlle Lydia & Albino,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Title from wet stamps on recto. Annotation on recto: Gymnaste. Annotation on recto: Gymnaste.
Annotation on verso: Lydia & Albino. Mlle. Lydia appears by herself en pointe with her hands behind her head. For additional
portraits of Mlle. Lydia see 2014.R.4-25 and 2014.R.4-197.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-62
Esplugas, A., Manoela, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label affixed to verso. Printed on vero: Esplugas Fot. Photographer's
wet stamp on verso: A. Esplugas / Fotógrafo / 7, Plaza del Teatro, 7 / Barcelona.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-22
Plate, G. F., Markus, jongleur,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on card 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (print is carte-de-visite size; mount is slightly larger than the typical carte-de-visite).
Title printed on recto with: G. F. Plate, phot., Dresden, Waisenhausstr 30. Printed on verso: Welt-Restaurant "Société" /
Dresden, Waisenhausstr. 29. / Grösstes Etablissement der Residenz / Ohne concurrenz in ganz Deutschland. / Carl Thamm, Besitzer.
Two Schlax wet stamps on verso. Portraits of a man and a woman are framed by a laurel wreath with many motifs pertaining to
the theater.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-63
Brooks, Owen, Martha, the Refined and Graceful Gymnast,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on verso. Printed on recto: Owen Brooks. 88 Dewsbury Road / Leeds.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-64
Robinson, Maryla, Athlete,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso. C. M. Ercole label affixed to verso. Printed
on recto: Robinson. 85, Grafton St. / Dublin.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-65
Photo Prince, Oceóla,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver or collodion cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Handwritten paper label on verso reads: Oceóla
/ acrobate. Printed on recto: Photo Prince. Edition d'art / 9, rue Cadet, Paris. Studio name and address printed on verso
along with additional studio information.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-66
Stabilimento Pompejana Fotografico, Rosina,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Annotations on verso, written in two hands: Aghemo
Rosina / distinta ballerina / _elle prime [___] ; Rosina / danseuse. Printed on recto: Stabilimento Pompejana Fotografico
/ Formato Gabinetto / Via Roma 205, Napoli. Six wet stamps on verso: E. Perríer / Agence Théâtrale Internationale / 20 bould.
St. Denis / Paris.
Box 3, Folder 1
2014.R.4-67
Anthony's, Serrano, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver imperial card. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso. Printed on recto: Anthony's, 44, rue
Pasquier / (Gare St. Lazare) / au rez-de-chaussée.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-68
Royer, Raphaël, Mlle Thérèse, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Colliodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso, written in two hands. Handwritten paper label on verso reads:
Therese danseuse. Printed on recto: Raphaël Royer. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Photographie / Raphaël
Royer / médaille d'or / Nimes / 3, place d'Assa.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-69
Barras, V., Tourtois,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso; also: Tourtois / danseuse. Printed on recto: V. Barras. Printed on verso:
Photographie artistique / rue du Pot d'or, 45 / près le boulevard del la Sauvenière / Maison T. Servrancx fils / Liège.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-70
Ripamonti, C., Tyrolia, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from handwritten brown paper label on verso. Printed on recto: [Fé]lix, Bordeaux. Printed on verso:
Photographie / C. Ripamonti / 56, rue Ste. Catherine, 56 / Bordeaux.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-71
Hana, George Henry, Varade,
after 1894
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso; also: Varade / acrobate. Printed on recto: Studio
443 Strand / London / Hana. Date based on fact that Hana moved to his Strand studio in 1894.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-74
Recker, Zamalya,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Annotation on verso, written in two hands: Madlle. Zamalya
/ Traperkünstlerin I. Ranges; Zamalya / trapeze. Printed on recto: Recker. Köln A/RH / Blaubach 7. Ercole wet stamp on verso.
See also 2014.R.4-75.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-75
Photographer unknown, La belle Zamalya,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone postcard printed in German on verso. Title printed on recto, which continues: Trapezkünstlerin I. Ranges.
See also 2014.R.4-74.
Series II.
Mike Teller collection,
1886-1909, undated
Physical Description:
22.0 items
Scope and Content Note
The series comprises a small group of 22 portraits that originally formed part of Mike Teller's collection of theatrical portraits.
The items in this series were determined to have been part of Teller's collection based on the dedications they bear. Some
of the images included in Series III. Other Entertainers and Personalities, that lack of explicit dedications could possibly
also have been part of the Teller collection.
The photographers represented are all American portrait photographers, primarily located in New York, Chicago and Cincinnati,
Columbus or Toledo, Ohio. Most of the sitters present here are American, although a few were of British birth. Present are
actors, singers, comedians and other variety artists.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by last name of sitter (individual or troupe name) followed by sitters identifed only by first name.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-76
Rogers, Kirk Armstrong,
circa 1891
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title and date from annotations on recto. Dedication on recto: To: M. Teller / with best wishes / Kirk
Armstrong. Printed on recto: Rogers Photo. / Waynesburg, Pa.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-78
White Studio, Paul Barnes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on Paris card. Title from pencil annotation on photograph. Ink dedication on photograph: To Mike. Printed on
recto: White, 1261 Broadway. / 105 Fourth Ave. / N.Y. In negative: White / N.Y. Barnes was a comedian and songwriter who began
his career as a blackface act.
Box 7, Folder 1
2014.R.4-94
Photographer unknown, The Two Bernards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. on card 16 x 12 1/2 inches. Title from annotation on recto: The Two Bernards / To our dear
Friend Mike. This photograph is of a woman. See also 2014.R.4-95, which is a portrait of a man.
Box 7, Folder 1
2014.R.4-95
Photographer unknown, The Two Bernards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. on card 16 x 12 1/2 inches. Title from annotation on recto: The Two Bernards / To our dear
Friend Mike. This photograph is of a man. See also 2014.R.4-94, which is a portrait of a woman.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-79
Baker's Art Gallery, Signor A. Borelli,
approximately 1897
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver on mount 9 x 6 3/4 inches. Title printed in red on mount. Dedication on recto: A. Monsieur & Madame /
Teller a très bien d'amichie / le 11 mars 97. Printed on recto: Baker's Art Gallery / Columbus, O.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-80
Nicholson, John E. Cain,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver on mount 9 x 6 inches. Title from dedication on recto: To Mike Teller / from / John E. Cain. Printed in negative:
Nicholson / Toledo, O.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-81
Falk, Benjamin J., Bert Coote,
approximately 1899
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title and date from dedication on recto: To Mike Teller / with best of wishes / Bert Coote / Jan (?)
21 '99. Printed on recto: Falk, 13 and 15 West 24th St. N.Y. / Madison Square. This was the address for Falk's studio from
1892-1900, when he moved his operation to the roof of the Waldorf Astoria. Coote was a British stage actor and comedian who
appeared in films such as
Bracelets (1931) towards the end of his life.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-82
Hall, Joseph, Nellie Doner,
approximately 1903
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on mount 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Title and date from dedication on recto: Compliments of Nellie Doner /
To Mr. Teller, Phil. / Oct. 10/03. Printed on recto: Hall's Studio / 1456-58-60 Broadway, / bet. 41st & 42nd St. N.Y. Hall
moved his studio to Broadway in 1893. British by birth, Doner was one of the principal boy impersonators in British pantomime.
She and her husband Joe were variety sketch artists. After her children were born she was the ballet mistress of the New York
Hippodrome. Children Kitty, Rose and Ted were also perfomers; Kitty became one of the most well-known male impersonators of
American vaudville.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-77
The Watson Studio, Edgar Ely,
circa 1896
Scope and Content Note
Platinum print on card 7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Title and date from dedication written on recto: Kindest regards to Mike Teller
/ Sincerely Edgar Ely. / July 15/96. Printed on recto: The Watson Studio, 148 Woodward Ave. Ely was a singer and fast change
or quick change aritst, switching roles several times in a single act.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-83
Robinson and Roe, Jack Farrell,
approximately 1892
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours truly / Jack Farrell. Date from dedication on verso: To friend
Mike, / best wishes / of Jack Farrell / Mch 18, 1892. Printed on recto: Robinson and Roe, 77 & 79 Clark St., Chicago / 54
West 14th St. New York.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-84
J. Kopke, Frank Fogerty,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Platinum cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours truly / Frank Fogerty. Written in pencil on photograph: To Mike
Teller. Printed on recto with monogram: Kopke, 479 Fuller St. / Brooklyn, N. Y. Photographer's imprint on verso with additional
information: ...Kopke / 479 Fulton Street / Brooklyn, N. Y. / No. of negative: 18360 (in pencil) / ... / Artist. / Photographer.
Fogarty, known as the "Dublin Minstrel," won the
New York Morning Telegraph's contest for most popular vaudeville actor in 1912. He is credited with having created 'The Last Word,' a prohibition-era
gin and chartreuse cocktail.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-85
Springer Litho. Co., Andy Hughes,
circa 1897
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title and date from dedication on verso: To my Dear Friend / M. Teller / Andy Hughes / Thurs (?) May
8th '97. Printed on recto: Photo Studio / 942 West 4th St. Printed on verso: H. C. Miner / President of the Springer Litho.
Co. / Lithographing / photographing / and printing. Hughes was a vaudeville dancer.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-86
Gehrig, Hennessy Leroyle,
after 1886
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours truly / Hennessy Leroyle. Printed on recto: Gehrig (Place.) 337
West Madison St. / Chicago. Penciled on verso: Teller 61 S. 9th. Printed on verso: Gehrig / Gold Medal Awarded / St. Louis,
1886 / (Place.) / Photographer / 337 West Madison Street, Chicago... Date based on date of medal printed on verso. Leroyle
was a comedic actor.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-87
Photographer unknown, Miss Lottie Lewis as "Napanee,"
1908-1909
Scope and Content Note
Relief halftone print. Title printed on recto. Written in ink on recto: The one best bet / Tellers Hotel & some meals / Andy
Lewis's "Mardi Gras Beauties Co" / 08-09.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-89
Wood, Elias McDonald,
1888
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title and date from dedication on verso: To our boarding house / keeper M. C. Teller / Compliments of
/ Elias Mc Donald / April 19th / 88. Printed on recto: J. Wood, Photo. 208 Bowery, N.Y.
Box 5, Folder 1
2014.R.4-88
White Studio, Billy Mann (?),
undated
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-90
Feinberg, Geo. B. Reno (George B. Reno),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on mount 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Title from dedication on recto. Written on recto: To Mike / Yours, etc.,
Geo. B. Reno. Printed on recto: Feinberg N.Y. / 16 West 14th St. / New York. Printed on verso: Feinberg / Photographer / 16
West 14th St. / New York. The comedian, George Reno, was on the board of directors of the White Rats, a labor union devoted
to the rights of male vaudeville actors.
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-91
Feinberg, Lottie West Symonds,
1903
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on mount 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Title from dedication on verso: Lottie West Symonds / Irish Countess
/ With complements / to / Mr. Mike Teller / Nove 24th / 1903 / Hoot Old Timie Co. Embossed on recto: Feinberg / Carbonettes
/ latest finish / 16 West 15 th St. / New York. The singer Lottie West Symonds was known as "The Irish Countess."
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-92
Baker's Art Gallery, Sherman Wade,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Sherman Wade / To friend Mike. Printed on recto: Baker Art Gallery
/ Columbus O. Printed on verso: Grand prize and highest award at the World's Fair. / Baker's Art Gallery / 106 South High
St. / Columbus / O. A picture of the Baker's Art Gallery building is printed on the verso.
Box 7, Folder 1
2014.R.4-93
Photographer unknown, Tony Williams,
late 1890s
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. on card 16 x 10 1/4 inches. Title from inking on recto. Debossed on mat: Columbus O. Dedication on verso:
To Mr. & Mrs. Teller / with best wishes / Tony Williams / Ward Nokes Co. / Seasons 1896, 7, & 8. / Yours in Bohemia.
Box 1, Folder 2
2014.R.4-96
Schloss, John,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Ink annotation on recto: From John to Mike / "Quickest change on record." Printed on recto and verso:
Schloss, 54 West 23rd St. / New York.
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-97
White Studio, Phyllis,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on card 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Title from dedication written across photograph: To dear Mr. and Mrs.
/ Teller with love / and best wishes from / Phyllis. Signed in negative: White / N.Y. Printed on recto: White / 1546 Broadway
/ New York.
Series III.
Other entertainers and personalities,
1870-1951, undated
Physical Description:
288.0 items
Scope and Content Note
Series III comprises 287 portraits that cannot be definitively assigned to either the Desbonnet or Teller collections due
to their lack of explicit dedications or collector's stamps, although some of the images included in the series could have
originally been part of either collection. Overall, the items in this series would seem to have been collected piecemeal by
the unknown collector. Also included is one circus-related pamphlet entitled
The Call of the Calliope.
The series comprises relatively equal numbers of portraits of American and European performers taken by a proportionate number
of American and European photographers. The American performers are primarily dramatic artists, comedians and singers while
the European performers are more varied in their specialties, which are of a broader gymnastic or athletic nature.
Arrangement note
Arranged in three subseries: III.A Portraits of women; III.B Portraits of men; and III.C Group portraits.
III.A.
Portraits of women,
1870-1935, undated
Physical Description:
151.0 items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains single portraits of female performers.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by the surname of the sitter, followed by sitters known only by their first names, and then by unidentified
sitters, who are further organized alphabetically by photographer or studio name.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-98
Scholl, Lillie Allyn,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Scholl. 210 State St. / Chicago.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-99
Meyer, Albert, Thérèse Amoros,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation on printed Agence Rubini label, written in two different hands:
Cherese Amosos (ink); gymnaste (pencil). Printed on recto: Albert Meyer / Hof Photograph / Berlin C. / Alexander Str. 45.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-100
Sarony, Otto, Pepita Aragon,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion on mount 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Title from pencil and pen annotations on verso. Printed on recto: Otto Sarony
Co., 1177 Broadway / N.Y. / near 28th St.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-101
Brittorff, Kathryn Ashton,
approximately 1909
Scope and Content Note
Carbon print (?) on mount 9 x 7 inches. Embossed on recto: Brittorff / York, PA. Dedication on verso: To My Dear Friend /
Ursula Nolan / from Kathryn Ashton / Dec. 25 1909.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-102
Atelier Mora, Clara Ballerini,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation written on verso in first hand. Annotation in second hand: Ballerini / acrobate
/ musicienne. Printed on recto: Atelier Mora / Berlin W. / Unter den Linden 13. Printed on verso: Atelier Mora / Berlin W.
/ Unter den Linden 13 / Specialität / Gruppen-Aufnahmen sowie Vergrösserungen / nach jedem Bilde... Written in pen: Clari
Ballarini. Written in pencil: Ballerini / acrobate / musicienne.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-173
Dearden, Arthur, Barangeot's (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Printed on recto: Arthur Dearden, Artist. 46 Church St. / Blackpool. Green
C. M. Ercole label on verso with: Acrobates; Barangeot's (?).
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-166
Rosenzvaig, A., Miss Batley,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on negative. Printed on recto: A. Rosenzvaig, 15, rue Clignancourt /
Paris. Printed on verso: Photographie fin de siècle / A. Rosenzvaig / 15, rue Clignancourt / Paris. Written in ink on verso:
Miss Batley / écuyère.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-167
Duffart & Lis. Zubelin, Bautzen,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Duffart & Lis. Zubelen, Marseille. Printed on verso with additional studio information:
Duffart & Lis. Zubelen / 24 Âlleés de Meilhan 24 / Marseille / succursale à / Aubagne B. D. R. / Place Barthelemy No. 1. Written
in ink on brown paper label on verso: Bautzen / acrobate.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-168
Langfiér, Miss Belatzer, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on card 9 1/2 x 8 inches. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on mount: Langfiér /
23a Old Bond St. / London W. / 158 Sauchiehall St. / Glasgow.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-169
Stebbing, Professor E., Bérat,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Professeur Stebbing / Paris. Printed on verso: Professeur
Stebbing / Photographe hors concours / boulevard des Italiens / et / 30, rue de Grammont / Paris. Written in pencil on white
label pasted on verso: Bérat / danseuse. Stebbing's first name is Eduard or Edward.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-170
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Frl. Bermany, brillante Trapezkünstlerin,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from label pasted on recto. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann, Kommandantenstr. 15. Green
paper C. M. Ercole label on verso (obscuring photographer's imprint) with: Trapeze; Mlle. Bermany.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-103
Thors, Louis, Judith Berolde,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Thors, 14 Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-171
Photographer unknown, Bevoli, athlete,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Unmounted albumen print, 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Title from annotation on brown paper pasted on verso: Bevoli / athlete.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-104
Fotografia Colon, Leona Bonné,
after 1890
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title written on recto in ink over printed photographer's name: Fotografia Colon. 4 Alcalá-4. Annotation
on brown paper label on verso, also written on mount: Leona / Bonné, acrobate. Printed on verso: Fotografia Colon / 4. Alcala.
4 / Madrid. Date derived from date of medal printed on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-105
Rockwood, Maud Ballington Booth,
1898
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Rockwood / 1440 Broadway, N.Y. (40th St.) / Holland Building /
Copyright 1898 Rockwood.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-172
Schuster, A., Miss Burnell, écruyèr,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Embossed on recto: A. Schuster, Graz. Hafnergasse 4. Printed on verso:
Photogr. Artist / Anstalt / A. Schuster / vormais A. Volkmann / Graz / Hafnergasse 4.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-107
Falk, Benjamin J., Nellie E. Butler,
1898
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Falk / 13 and 15 West 24th St., N.Y. / Madison Square. In negative:
Copyright 1898 / by B. J. Falk, N.Y. Written on verso: Nellie / E. / Butler / acrobate. Wet stamp on verso: F. Kruger / 16,
rue Grange-Bateliêre; numbered in pencil inside stamp: 384.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-108
Darby, Paul, Lucie Caira,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Platinum print on mount 8 x 6 inches. Title from signature on recto. Embossed on recto: Paul Darby, 39 bd. de Strasbourg /
Paris. Printed on verso: Photographie / Artistique / Paul Darby / 39, bould. de Strasbourg / Paris... Written on brown paper
label pasted on verso: Lucie Caira / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-174
Luzzalto, Mlle Cardinal, écruyèr,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Luzzatto, Falciny Succr. Dunkerque.
Written in ink on verso: Miss Cardinal / écruyèr.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-109
Mahan, D., Florence Alicia Carmichael,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on mount 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Title from signature on recto. Embossed on recto: D. Mahan.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-110
Hohner, Carmen Caro,
1895 or 1900
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. on boudoir card. Title from signtaure on photograph. Printed on recto: [A.] Hohner. "Souvenir." Habana [sic].
Printed on verso: A. Hohner. Ink annotations written on verso: Havana Capitale / Ile de Cuba / Mais 1895 (changed to 1900);
Carmen Caro. Written on brown paper label: Carmen Caro / danseuse. Wet stamp on verso: Theatres, concerts, cirques, music-halls
/ J. R. Marcadet / 14 Mars 1902 / Agences succursales: Bruxelles, London, Berlin / 4, rue de l'Echiquier, 4 - Paris.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-111
Vasseur, L., Mme Louis Chalet,
after 1897
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotations on verso. Printed on recto: L. Vasseur, Paris. Written in ink on verso
in two different hands: Mme. Louis Chalet / fil de Feriste / danseuse. Printed on verso: Photographie / de / la Gare St. Lazare
/ L. Vasseur / 24 / rue d'Amsterdam / Paris / Medaille D'Argent 1897... Date derived from date of medal printed on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-177
Photographer unknown, Mrs. Chanfrau,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title in negative. Collector's (illegible) blue wet stamp on verso. Written in ink on verso: Mrs. Chanfrau.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-178
Photographer unknown, Cinquegrani,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored gelatin silver post card printed in French on verso. Title in negative. Numbered in negative: 604; with photographer's
(?) names; C. L. Lie[___] / C. Ruez; also: Folies Bergeres. Written in pencil on label pasted on verso: Cinquegrani / danseuse
des Folies Bergeres. Written in pencil on verso: Danseuse.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-112
White Studio, Bessie Clayton, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Unmounted gelatin silver print 6 x 7 13/16 inches. Title from annotation on verso. Written in negative: White / N.Y. Written
in pencil on verso: Bessie / Cl[ay]ton / danseuse. Clayton was a well-known Broadway and vaudeville dancer.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-113
Morrison, William McKenzie, Lizzie Conway,
circa 1890
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title written in ink on recto. Date from annotation on verso which has been struck through: To My Hubby
/ Christmas / 1890. Printed on recto: Morrison / Haymarket Theater Building / 61 West Madison St. Chicago. Morrison operated
his studio in the Haymarket Theatre building from 1890-1899.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-114
Elite Photographic Studio, Rose Corighlan,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title written on recto. Printed on recto: Elite / 838 Market St. Printed on verso: Elite / Photographic
Studio / 838 Market St., San Francisco - California / T. H. Jones & Co; written in pencil: Rose Corighlan. With two illegible
blue collector's wet stamps on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-115
Clifford, R. C., Mlle Victoria Dagmar,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation written in ink on verso, which continues: ...lady gymnast
/ & clown. Printed on recto: R. C. Clifford / 18 Wilson St., Middlesborough.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-116
Reimers, Theodore, Amy Deamanto,
after 1899
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Date from exposition date printed on verso. Printed on recto:
Theod. Reimers / Hamburg / Reeperbahn 61. Written in pencil on verso: Amy Deamondo / acrobate. Printed on verso, with additional
studio information: Theod. Reimers' Photograph. / Hamburg / jetzt Reeperbahn 61 / neben Café Kohlmann.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-117
Maucourt, Melle J. Derne,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Annotation in a second hand: Écuyère. Printed on recto: Maucourt, Bordeaux.
Printed on verso: Maucourt / 42, rue Lafaurie de Monbadon / Bordeaux / ancienne maison Pedroni.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-118
Georg Gerllach & Co., Olympia Desvode,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on recto. Ink annotation on verso: Olympia Desvode, écuyère.
Annotation on verso in blue pencil: 16 November / 1 cheval - [___ ]. Printed on recto: Georg Gerlach & Co. Electro Photographische
Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft / Berlin N., Chausee-Strasse 81.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-119
Morrison, William McKenzie, Mrs. Chas. T. Ellis (Mrs. Charles T. Ellis),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on mount 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches. Title printed on recto with: Morrison. Haymarket Theatre Bldg. / 161 West Madison
St. / Chicago. Signed on recto: Mrs. Chas. T. Ellis.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-120
Müller, Carl, Mad. l. Eriks,
after 1899
Scope and Content Note
Title from inscription on photograph. Date derived from latest award printed on verso. Ink annotation repeated three times
on verso: Erick's [Eriks] travail de force. Printed on recto: Carl Müller / Unter den Linden 13. Printed on verso with additional
studio information: Photogr. Atelier / Carl Müller / Berlin, M. / 13, Unter den Linden 13.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-121
Thors, Louis, Bertha Fiebach, German Theater,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Thors, 1025 Larkin Street, Cor. Sutter, S.F.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-122
Dover (?), Capitola Forrest,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from dedication on verso: Very truly / Capitola Forrest. Printed on recto: Dover (?),
70 State Street / Chicago. Forrest was a comedic acrobat, dancer and jump roper and high kicker, known for her "eccentric
moves."
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-123
Photographer unknown, Flora Franks,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed in negative. Collector's blue wet stamp on verso (illegible).
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-125
Thors, Louis, Lulu Glaser,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto. Printed on recto: Thors, 14 Grant Ave. San Francisco,
Cal. Glaser was an American Broadway and vaudeville vocalist and actress.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-217
Ouvière, Gve., Mlle Grampetti (?), demi caractere,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Blind stamped on recto and printed on verso: Gve. Ouvière
rue de la Darse 3 & 5 / Marseille. Pencil annotation on verso: Granipetti / danseuse.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-127
Christensen, Marius, Clara Gree,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title printed in negative. Embossed on recto: Marius Christensen / Atelier Moderne / Dags-Og
/ Kunst-Lvs. / Købmagergade 12. / Kbenhavn. (Copenhagen) K. Wet stamps on recto: Magertorv 19. Annotation on verso: Clara
Gree / danseuse.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-128
Ellivies (?), Eva Ray Hamilton,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Ellivies (?), 466 5th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. / near Tenth Street.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-129
Photographer unknown, Pearl Harris,
22 July 1935
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print, 5 5/8 x 3 3/8 inches. Written in ink on verso: Pearl Harris / "Gymnast" / with / Famous Robbins Circus
/ at / Sturgeon Bay, Wis. / July 22, 1935.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-130
Rasbaum, Richard, Helene Hojete,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Printed on recto: Richard Rasbaum, Friedrichstr.
125 / Atelier 1 Treppe. / Berlin, N. Annotations on verso in three hands: Helene Hojete; Gymnastes; Kajek. Printed on verso:
Richard Rasbaum / Friedrichstr. 125 / Atelier 1, Treppe / Berlin, N / Fernspecher. Amt III, 455.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-151
Coyne, T., Miss Elie Lhysa Itar (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. on card slightly smaller than a cabinet card (6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches). Title from annotation
on photograph. Embossed on recto: T. Coyne / Zaragoza. Written in pencil on verso: Elia Ilysa Itar (?) Printed on verso: T.
Coyne / Fotógrafo / de / S. S. M. M. / Galeria Calle de Sn. Muguel, 5 entlo. / Zaragoza / Talleres y Despacho: Pa Constitución
n. 5. Penciled on white paper label on verso: Athlete [___].
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-131
Photographer unknown, Emilia Jérome,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from Agence Rubini label adhered to verso. Written in ink on brown paper label in a different
hand: Emilia Jérome / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-132
Langlois, Ella Kremo,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Langlois Paris. Green paper C. M. Ercole label
pasted on verso with annotation: Danseuse de corde / Ella Kremo. Photographer's imprint on verso, partially obscured by the
label: I. (?) Langlois.
Box 5, Folder 1
2014.R.4-133
Fiatora, Mlle Yvette de Laabé,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on card 9 x 5 inches. Debossed on recto of mount: Fiatora / Barcelona. Title from ink annotation on mount
under image. Photograph is in a green paper folder with a red wax medallion with a gold initial "F" on the front cover. On
cover verso, written in ink on a brown paper label: Mlle. Yvette de / Laabé.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-187
Bonfort, C., Mlle Lebrun, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver (?) cabinet card. Title from pencil and ink annotations on verso. Printed on recto: C. Bonfort / C. Bonfort,
Marseille. Printed on verso: C. Bonfort / 39, rue St. Férreol / Marseille / Photographie / d'Art / Atelier / spécialement
aménagé / pour / Mrs. les artistes.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-134
Maccari, Emilie Lécusson,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Embossed in negative: Maccari. Printed on recto: Maccari, rue de Rome, 78
/ Marseille. Written in ink on recto: Lécusson. Annotation on white paper label on verso: Emilie Lécusson / écuyère. Printed
on verso: Art Elumièn (?) / salon de pose / au rez de chaussée / Maccari / 78 rue de Rome 78 / Marseille. Two purple Emmanuel
Roche wet stamps (block and oval) on verso.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-135
Atelier van der Ryk, Lola Lloyd,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored gelatin silver on mount 9 4/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Title from ink annotation on verso: Lola Lloyd / Chant, Dans, Ecu[___].
Printed on recto: Atelier van der Ryk / Rotterdam. Brown paper label pasted on verso has an initial "L" written on it in ink.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4.136
Diepes (?), E., Eugenie Lobe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver on Swiss mount (6 1/2 x 2 4/5 inches). Title from annotation on recto. Printed on recto: E. Diepes (?).
Written in ink on verso: Eugenie Lobe / écuyère.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-137
Landouzy, Charles, Mlle Lheris Loyal, écuyère,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Embossed on recto: Charles Landouzy / 98. bould. Jacquart /
Calais. Printed on verso: Photographie / d'Art / C. Landouzy / Diplôme / de / 1 ere classe / 98 / bould. Jacquart / Calais.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-192
Photographer unknown, The Lundgreens,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on recto. Wet stamp on verso: The Lundgreens, / comedy aerialists, / always a laughing
hit. Written in pen on verso: Les Lundgreens / trapeze. Despite the troupe name, the photograph depicits a single female aerialist.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-198
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Lydia & Albino, equilibriste,
after 1900
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from wet stamps on recto and verso. Date from latest medal date print on verso. Printed
on recto: Wilh. Scharmann. Berlin, S.W. / Kommandanten Str. 15. Printing repeated on verso with additional studio information.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-138
Esplugas, A., Victoria Madrigali,
after 1889
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Date derived from latest medal mentioned on verso (medalla
de plata, Paris 1889). Printed on recto: A. Esplugas / Barcelona. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Fotógrafo
de la real casa / Esplugas. Ink annotation on verso: Victoria Madrigali / danseuse.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-144
Sartony, Marguerite Malter,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso: Marguerite Malter / tous ses poses / plastiques electrique: / Le printemps
/ Le été / L'Automme / L'hivers / Danseuse à transformation / ... . Written in ink in second hand: Mlle Malter / poses plastiques.
Printed on recto: Sartony, 16 rue Duphot. / Paris. See also 2014.R.4-33.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-139
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Mlle Jeannette Manzoni,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinent card. Title from label on verso. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann, Berlin S. W. / Kommandantenstr.
15. Printed C. M. Ercole label pasted on verso with: Xyloplion / sur le fil-de-fer; Mlle. Jeannette Manzoni. Written in ink
on verso: Jeannette / Manzoni / danseuse. Label obscures photographer's imprint.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-140
Lacroix, William, B. Masson,
1891
Scope and Content Note
Collodion (?) cabinet card. Title and date from ink annotation on verso. Printed in negative: W. Lacroix / Nice. Printed on
recto: Nice. 37, boulevard Dubouchage / Mème Maison à Gèneve. Printed on verso with additional studio information: William
Lacroix / Photographe / Nice, 37 bould. Dubouchage / Même maison à Genève. Written in pencil on verso: B. Masson, 1891.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-141
Todd, Louise Meuris,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from ink dedication on verso: Yours truly / Louise Meuris. Embossed on recto: Todd / Cape May,
N. J.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-143
Lemercier, Fd., Hilda Mimiggio,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on recto, which continues: Jokey [sic] sf. concurence.
Printed on recto: Fd. Lemercier / Epernay. Written in ink on verso: Hilda Mimiggio / femme jockey. Printed on verso with additional
studio information: Photographie / nouvelle / Fd. Lemercier / rue de l'hôpital Auban-Moet / Epernay. Two A. E. Roche purple
wet stamps on verso.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-142
Hall, "The Living Doll" Leola Mitchell,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver on mount 7 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches. Title from signature on photograph. Printed on recto: Hall / Broadway
[____] / N[ew York]. Mitchell was a diminutive American stage singer.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-154
Mauro, Ledru, Miss Neva, champion equilibriste,
after 1891
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation written on photograph. Printed on recto: Ledru Mauro, Messina. Written in ink
on verso: Mill. Neva / equilibriste. Printed on verso, with additional studio information: Ledru Mauro / Fotografo. With C.
M. Ercole purple wet stamps on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-145
Haroldsson, Aug., Orbasany,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on printed Agence Rubini label on verso. Printed on
recto: Aug. Haroldsson / Christiania. Annotation on brown paper label on verso: Orbasany / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-146
Photographer unknown, Minnie Palmer,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto. Collector's (illegible) blue wet stamp on verso.
Palmer was an American actress also popular in England.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-334
Sarony, Otto, Palmer & Lewis (Woman Wearing Pearl Chocker),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver (?) print on card 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Printed on recto: Otto Sarony Co. / 1177 Broadway / near 28th St.
N. Y. Title from ink dedication on recto: Palmer & Lewis / Truly yours / Ray (or Roz?) Lewis. Written on verso: Palmer.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-124
de Louuf, Henri, E. Peraldo,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotations on verso. Written in first hand: E. Peraldo -Tau [___]; written
in second hand: E. Peraldo / danseuse. Embossed on recto: Henri de Louuf / Hoffotograaf / Prinsenstraat 99 / 'S Gravenhage.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-214
Caron, J., Mlle Pérez, ecuyére,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation in ink on verso. Printed on recto and verso: J. Caron / 32 Cours Léopold,
Nancy.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-147
Photographer unknown, Annie Pixley,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed in negative. Collector's (illegible) blue wet stamp on verso. Pixley was an American stage
actress from San Francisco best known for playing the lead role in
M'liss, the Child of the Sierras, a stage adaptation of Bret Harte's short story "Luck of Roaring Camp."
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-206
Photographer unknown, Miss Rastan,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver postcard. Title in negative. Annotation on brown paper label on verso: Miss Rastan / acrobate. Written
in ink on verso: Acrobate. Full-length frontal portrait of Miss Rastan wearing a black leotard.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-207
Photographer unknown, Miss Rastan,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver postcard. Title from annotation in pencil on verso: Miss Rastan / athlete acrobate. Full-length three-quarter
view portrait of Miss Rastan in a white leotard.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-208
Ogerau, Mademoiselle Rolla (de Paris), gommeuses,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from black ink annotation on verso. Annotation in blue ink on verso: Rolla / gommeusse
/ danseuse. Printed on recto: Ogerau. 18 bould. Montmartre, Paris. Studio imprint on verso of mount is largely obscured by
a printed green C. M. Ercole label.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-148
Baker's Art Gallery, Flora Bonfonti Russell,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver on mount 7 x 5 inches. Title from ink annotation on verso: Flora Bonfonti / Russell = / Daughter of Joh
[sic] / The Famous Russell / Bros. Embossed on recto: Bakers Art Gallery / Columbus. Russell was a dancer.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-149
Photographer unknown, Mabel Santly,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed in negative. Collector's (illegible) blue wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-150
Lee, W. J., Clara Simonds,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto wth: W. J. Lee / 62 State Street, Rochester, N.Y.
Box 2, Folder 3
2014.R.4-211
Rhoads, Miss Strong, Athlete,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from caption on paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto and verso: Rhoads
/ 1800 Frankford Ave. Phila.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-155
Darimer (?), Rose Sydell, London Belles,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on recto of mount. Photographer's name embossed on recto of mount.
Sydell (or Sidles) was an American burlesque actress and owner of the burlesque company Rose Sydell's London Belles.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-212
Schemboche, Mlle Taparello, 2n. danseuse,
1875
Scope and Content Note
Albumen carte-de-visite. Title and date from annotation on verso in ink: Mlle Taparello, 2n. danseuse / Marseille / 1875.
Printed on recto: Schemboche Phot. Florence & Turin. Printed on verso: Schemboche / photographe / de S. M. le Roi d'Italie
/ 20, Via Gregoriana, 20 / Rome / 38, Borgo Ognissanti, 38 / Florence / 6 Place St. Charles, 6 / Turin.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-216
Barras, V., Mlle Tourtois, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto: V. Barras. Printed on verso: Photographie artistique
/ rue du Pot d'or, 45 / Pèrs le boulevard de la Sauvenière / Maison T. Servrancx fils / Liège.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-218
Scharmann, Wilhelm, The Two Vendaro,
after 1900
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-224
Gericke, Paul, Miss Vonare, contortioniste,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabient card. Title printed on recto of mount with: Atelier Victoria / Inh. Paul Gericke
/ Berlin S.W. / Leipziger-Strasse 47. Written in ink on green C. M. Ercole label on verso: Miss Vonare / contorsioniste; written
in pencil in a different hand: Acrobate. Label is partially torn off to reveal a dedication beneath it: Truly yours / Vonare
/ Feb. 26 / Reichshallen [___] / Kohn [___]. C. M. Ercole wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-157
Morrison, William McKenzie, Blanche Walsh as "Trilby,"
between 1889 and 1915
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto. Embossed on recto: Morrison / Haymarket Theater / 161 West Madison S[treet ]
/ Chicago. Written in pencil on verso: Theatre / same opera / 1873-1915. Date derived from this date and the fact that Morrison
open his studio in 1899. Walsh was an American stage actress.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-158
Thors, Louis, Blanche Walsh,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Thors, 14 Grant Ave. San Francisco, Cal.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-159
Feinberg, Millie, [Mrs. William B. Webb],
between 1890 and 1898
Scope and Content Note
Carbonette (?) cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso: Millie / wife of / Wm. B. Webb. / Married Sept 18th 1890. / Died
Nov 1st 1898, / age 27 years 3 months & 24 days. Printed on recto: Feinberg 16 West 14th St. / New York. Photographer's imprint
on verso with additional studio information.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-160
Mora, José María, Lizzie Webster,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Mora, 707 Broadway, N.Y. Wet stamp on verso: American Star Agency / G.
Hoffmann / 10, rue Lamartine, 10 / Paris. Green C. M. Ercole label on verso (obscurring a circular wet stamp) with: Acrobates
/ Lizzie Webster.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-161
Photographer unknown, Ada Wenell,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto. Collector's (illegible) blue wet stamp on verso.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-162
Up To Date Studio, Perle Whiting as Caraloo,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver boudoir card. Title from annotation on mount. Embossed on recto: Up To Date / Studio / Astoria, Or.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-225
Walery, Mlle Yanha, danseuse espagnole,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso in two different hands. Embossed on recto: Walery. 9 bis rue
de Londres / Paris.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-163
Ludeneit & Nickel, Mlle Alma,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Phot. Ludeneit & Nickel. Agence Rubini label on verso with annotations
in two hands: Mlle. Alma; Athletesse.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-164
Hildenbrand, Hans, Miss Amathea,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) corona card. Title from annotation on verso: Miss Amathea / Melange-Act / Tanz - Aressur (?) - Gymnastik.
Written in a different hand on brown paper pasted on verso: Amathea / danses. Printed on recto: Hans Hildenbrand Stuttgart.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-165
Chits & Fils, Miss Asia,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from wet stamps on verso. Embossed on recto: Chits & Fils / La Haye. Ged. Burgwal
28a. Written on verso in ink: Miss Asia / trapéze; repeated in pencil and ink: Trapéze. Richard Warner wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-175
Bercamasco, Ch., Carin, acrobate,
after 1870
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from brown paper label on verso. Date derived from that of latest medal printed on verso. Printed
on recto: Ch. Bercamasco, St. Petersbourg. Blind stamp in negative: Bercamasco. Photographer's imprint and studio information
printed on verso. Green wet stamp [?] on verso: H. [___]webr.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-176
van Bosch, Carmen,
after 1889
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Date derived from that of latest medal
printed on verso. Printed on recto: van Bosch / Boyer succr. / 35, bould. des Capucines / Paris. Photographer's imprint on
verso. White label on verso: Carmen danseuse / espagnole Carmen.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-179
Hana, George Henry, Clara,
after 1894
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinent card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed in red on recto: Studio 443 Strand / London; Hana.
Pen annotation on verso: Clara / acrobate; pencil annotation: Acrobate. Date based on fact that Hana moved to his Strand studio
in 1894.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-180
Vasseur, L., Mlle Elvira, écuyère cardinal,
after 1897
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Embossed on recto: L. Vasseur; 24 rue d'Amsterdam
/ Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Photographie / de / La Gare St. Lazare / L. Vasseur / 24 rue
d'Amsterdam / Paris. Date dervided from date on medal printed on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-156
Worden, Estrella Sylvia,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from printed Agence Rubini label with annotations in two different hands: Estrella Sylvia;
Estrella Sylvia / danseuse. Printed on recto: Worden. 508 N. Clark Street / Chicago.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-181
Moellendorf & Bachmann, Fatima,
after 1888
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from black ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Moellendorf & Bachmann, Settin / Mönchen-Str
20/21. / Prämiirt Weltausstellung Brussell 1888. Written on brown paper label on verso: Fatima / athelete. Written in ink
on verso: Athlete. Date based on prize date listed on recto.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-183
Baker's Art Gallery, Miss Helene,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Baker's Art Gallery, Columbus O. Printed on verso: Baker's Art Gallery
/ 163 & 167 South High St. / Metropolitan Opera block / Columbus O.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-184
Fueslin-Rigaud, Mme L., Miss Heraldine,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Mme Fueslin-Rigaud, Genève / Cours de Rive
13 & 15. Printed on verso: Mme L. Fueslin-Rigaud / Photographie / cours de Rive 15 / Genève. Two Staveau & Wilson purple wet
stamps on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-185
Hall, Karina,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Hall, Broadway &
34th St. / New York. Written in ink on verso: Karina / danseuse. Purple Ercole wet stamp on verso.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-186
Zapff, Ernst, Miss Karma,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion corona card. Title from photographic label adhered to verso. Brown paper label on verso: Miss Karma / gymnaste.
Printed on recto: Ernst Zapff, Halle A/S.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-188
P. Poisson & Cie., Léona, poses plastiques,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. promenade card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Written in pencil on verso in a different hand:
Poses de marbre. Photographer's wet stamp on verso: Photographie Lepic / F. Poisson & Cie. / 65 (?) rue des Abbesses, 65 (?)
/ Paris. Red C. M. Ercole wet stamp on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2914.R.4-189
Chamberlin, Leonora,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. on minnette (?) card. Embossed on recto: Chamberlin. Paris. / 63 boule. Rochechouart. Title
from annotation in pen on verso: Leonora / acrobate. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Chamberlin / No.
du cliché 103289.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-190
Boisdon, A., Loetitia, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver boudoir card. Title from annotations on verso. Embossed on recto: A. Boisdon Paris / 19 bould. St. Denis, 19.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-191
Artistisch-photographische Gesellschaft, Luciana,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation on recto. Printed on recto: Artistisch Photographische Gesellschaft / Berlin,
W. / Friedrich-Str. 76 / Ecke Jágerstr / F. Albert. Printed on verso: Artistisch Photographische Gesellschaft / F. Albert,
director / Berlin... Annotation on brown label pasted on verso: Luciana / acrobate. Written in ink on verso: Acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-193
Boisdon, Maurice-Eugène, Lutza,
31 [___] 1903
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Boisdon. Paris. Printed on verso
with additional studio information: Boisdon / 19, boulevard St. Denis, 19. Written in ink on verso: Lutza danseuse (française)
à transformation 31 aug an 1903 / bonne danseuse / chanteuse médiocre.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-152
Photographer unknown, Miss Lylia,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin p.o.p. corona card. Title from 2014.R.4-153b. White paper label on verso: Elia [____] / athlete. See
2014.R.4-153a and 2014.R.4-153b. In this portrait Miss Lylia stands in acrobatic costume in three-quarter view.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-153a
Hanriau, Miss Lylia,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin p.o.p. corona card. Title from 2014.R.4-153b. Printed on recto: Hanriau. Printed on verso: Grande photographie
/ artistique / Hanriau / rue du Sentier / Bois - Colombes. Written at top of photograph: Miss Aeza gymnaste. Annotation on
white label on verso: Lylia War / acrobate. Pencil annotation on verso: Lylia Whara / Miss Aeza. See also 2014.R.4-152 and
2014.R.4-153b. In this portrait Miss Lylia stands in acrobatic costume with one arm holding the trapeze bar above her head.
Box 3, Folder 3
2014.R.4-153b
Seidel, Max, Miss Lylia,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin p.o.p. corona card. Titled in negative. Printed on recto: Max Seidel Nachfl. / Julina Caspari / Berlin.
S.O. / Adalbert Str. 67 / Ecke Bethanien Ufer. Pencil annotation on verso: Lylia Wharr. Written on white label on verso: Lylia
War / acrobate. See also 2014.R.4-152 and 2014.R.4-153a. In this portrait Miss Lylia stands in acrobatic costume with her
arms and ankles crossed.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-194
Ciger, Emile, Magruy (?), écuyère,
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-195
Laurent, Juan, Manuella, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. print, 4 x 5 9/16 inches. Title written in ink on verso. Blind stamped on recto of mount:
Leptografia Laurent / Carrera S. Geronimo, Madrid.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-196
Stebbing, Professor E., Marguerite, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from printed Agence Rubini label on verso, written in pen in two diferent
hands. Label obscures photographer's imprint on verso, but handwritten negative number is visible: 4476. Printed on recto:
Professeur E. Stebbing / Professor E. Stebbing, Paris.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-197
Thiele, Reinhold, Mignonne, la célèbre danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver imperial card. Titled in image. Ink annotations on verso in two different hands: Mignonne / danseuse; Alma
Mary. Printed in negative: Reinhold Thiele / copyright / 66 Chancery Lane, W. C. Photo & del. The photograph comprises a full-length
portrait of Mignonne surrounded by a montage of smaller images of her in various poses and costumes. See also 2014.R.4-25
and 2014.R.4-26.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-199
Sciutto, Monti, danseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotations on verso. Embossed on recto: Sciutto / Genova. Printed on verso: Studio d'arte
/ Sciutto / Genova / Piazza Fontane Marose 18 / Carl Ernst & Co. Berlino.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-200
St. Senoch, Edgar de, Murphia, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen boudoir card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Photographer's name blind stamped in lower left corner
of print: Edg. de St. Senoch.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-201
White Studio, Myrna,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Unmounted gelatin silver (?) print, 8 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches. Title from annotation on verso: Myrna / "The Ivory Venus." Printed
in negative: White / N.Y. Reproduction instructions written in blue pencil on verso. Wet stamp on verso: Apeda / Studios /
Photographers / 102-104 West 38th St., N. Y. Depicts a young woman wearing a swimming suit and polka dotted kerchief and sitting
on a tree stump.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-220
Stockmann, N., Neiss, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from printed white Agence Rubini label with annotations in three different hands: Neiss;
Neiss; acrobate. Printed on recto: N. Stockman. Ku.K. Hof-Photograph / Wien.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-202
Hana, George Henry, Nivelo, acrobate,
1893
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Date based on the date Hana occupied his Regent Street
studio. Printed on recto: Studio Hana / 204 Regent St. / London. Green C. M. Ercole label on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-203
Photo Prince, Océola, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation in pen on verso. Embossed on recto: Photo Prince / Edition d'Art
/ 9, rue Cadet, Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Photo-Prince / 9 rue Cadet. Edition d'Art. Annotation
in pencil on verso: Océola. Three-quarter view portrait of Océola wearing a feather headdress.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-204
Photo Prince, Océola, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from annotation on label pasted on verso. Embossed on recto: Photo Prince / Edition
d'Art / 9, rue Cadet, Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Photo-Prince / 9 rue Cadet. Edition d'Art.
Annotation in pencil on verso: Oceola. Full-length portrait of Océola looking over her shoulder.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-205
Horsbel, Maria, Olga, athlete russe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion print on mount 10 x 6 inches. Title from brown paper label on verso. Pencil annotation on verso: athlete russe.
Printed on recto: Maria Horsbel, Esbjerg.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-209
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Miss Rose,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann. Berlin S.W. / Kommandantenstr.
15. Text printed on verso of mount card is largely obscured by a printed green C. M. Ercole label, on which is written in
two hands: Equilib jongleuse; Miss Rose. See also 2014.R.4-42 and 2014.R.4-354.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-210
Seeber, Clemens, Miss Saida,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso, which continues: Hoehturnkünstlerin / am asiatischen / Luftapparat.
/ Einzige Dame / in diesem Genre / Elegante Costume / Adr.: Siehe Artist. Annotation in pencil on verso: Acrobate / Miss Saïda
/ des Saïda / Carmen. Also illegible annotation in blue pencil on verso.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-213
Petersen, Theodore, Theresitta,
after 1889
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso: La belle Theresitta... Date from that of latest medal printed
on verso. Printed on recto (and on verso with additonal studio information): Theodore Petersen / Photogr. Atelier / Hamburg
/ St. Pauli / Reeperbahn 91... Ink annotation in corner of verso: Solten Sie kein Notitz / nehmen bitte am retourning de /
Photographia. Pencil annotationon verso: Ehenesitta / fil de fer / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-215
Stebbing, Professor E., Thylda,
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-106
Meacham & Sabine, La belle Tina,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title printed on recto with: Meacham & Sabine. Youngstown, Ohio. Written
in verso: La belle Tina / acrobate.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-219
Rost, E., Vallo, fil-de fériste,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Cabinet portrait / E. Rost. / Dresden.
E. Schlax blind stamp on photograph and E. Schlax label pasted on verso. Label obscures photographer's imprint showing only:
Dresden / Wettinerstrasse 15. Written on third label on verso: Vallo / 10 x 7.5.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-221
Boyer, Paul, Venus Poses,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Paul Boyer. Embossed on recto: Paul
Boyer / Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Paul Boyer / 3.5 bould des Capucines / Paris / Téléphone
no. 249-49.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-222
Schroeder, Friedrich, Miss Victoria, Luftgymnstierin, 1 Ranges,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. corona card. Title from wet stamp on verso. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Friedrich
Schroeder / Brandenburg A/H. / Ritterstr. 18 / Fernsprecher No. 29 / Berlin, S. W.. Leipzigerstr. 63a. Printed on recto: Friedrich
Schroeder.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-223
Antwepen Photographie Artistique, Visanza,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Antwerpen
Photographie Artistique Anvers. Printed on verso: Photographie Artistique / Huidevettersstraat, 45 rue des Tanneurs / Antwerpen
Anvers.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-182
Papouier, A., Yinies,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. carte-de-visite. Title from black ink annotation on verso. Blind stamp in negative: Papouier / Reims. Printed
on recto: A. Papouier; 29 rue Carnot 29 / Reims. Blue ink annotation on verso: Yinies / danseuse.
Box 3, Folder 4
2014.R.4-226
Zaccaria, G., Zephira, dresseuse,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. imperial card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on verso: Stabilimento / fotografico
/ G. Zaccaria / Firenze / Via Pietra Piana, 49. Printed on recto on mount: Zaccaria / Firenze.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-227
Leonard, Zéphora, ècuyére,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Printed on recto: "Leonard." Warszawa / Miodowa
18. Printed on verso: Zaktad / Fotograficzny / "Leonard" / W Warszawie / Miodowa 18.
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-228
Barnes, A. S., [Portrait of a Young Woman with Fingers Entwined beneath Her Chin],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion on larger cabinet card (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches). Printed on recto with monogram: A. S. Barnes / Meridian, Miss. Same
information printed on verso with additional studio information.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-229
Bucher, [Woman Wearing a Bonnet],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Bucher. 720 Market St. / Wilmington, Del. Printed on verso with additional studio
information: Bucher / portraits...
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-126
Ciarlo, [Woman with Hat, Standing],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Printed on recto: Ciarlo / 210 & 212 4th St. / Ciniti., O.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-230
Elite, [Woman in Large Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Elite. 838 Market Street / San Francisco, Cal. Printed on verso with additional studio
information: Elite / Photographic Studio, / 838 Market Street, opp. Fourth, / San Francisco... Jones & Lotz, prop'rs. / C.
E. Dunn, manager.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-231
Erickson, C. O., [Woman in Fur Coat and Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Printed on recto: C. O. Erickson / 171 E. 7th St. / St. Paul, Minn.
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-232
Feinberg, [Woman with Star Ornament in Her Forelock],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Carbonette (?) on slightly larger cabinet card (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Printed on recto: Feinberg. 16 West 14 th St. / New
York. / Carbonettes / latest finish. Same information printed on verso with additional studio information.
Box 7, Folder 2
2014.R.4-243
Francis & Rogers (?), [Seated Woman Wearing Pleated Dress],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on card 12 x 10 inches. Written on verso: Francis and Rogers.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-233
Goodlander, [Seated Woman Wearing Motarboard],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Embossed on recto with monogram: Goodlander. Muncie, / Ind.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-234
Hayes, C. M. & Co., [Woman with a Bow at Her Neck],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver on a slightly larger cabinet card (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Printed on recto: C. M. Hayes
& Co. / 246 Woodward Ave. / Detroit.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-235
Wood, J., [Woman Wearing High-necked Dress],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: J. Wood. Phot., 208 Bowery, N. Y.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-236
Klein & Guttenstein, [Woman Holding Long-stemmed Roses],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Platinum (?) cabinet card. Printed on recto: Klein & Guttenstein / 164 Wis. St. Milwaukee.
Box 7, Folder 2
2014.R.4-237
Marceau, Theodore C., [Seated Woman with Hands in Lap],
after 1900
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. (?) on card 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Printed on mount: Marceau / New York Studio, / 258 Fifth Avenue, / Philadelphia
Studio, / 1609 Chestnut Street, / Boston Studio, / 160 Tremont Street. Date derived from fact that Marceau established his
New York Studio in 1900.
Box 5, Folder 2
2014.R.4-238
Robinson, [Woman in White Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on card 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches. Printed label on verso: Robinson / 174 E. 126th St. / New York.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-239
Scholl, [Woman with Short Hair],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Scholl. 210 State St. / Chicago.
Box 1, Folder 3
2014.R.4-240
Stevens, J. K., [Profile of Woman with Upswept Hairdo],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Stevens. McVieker's Theatre / Building / Chicago. Printed on verso with additional
studio information: J. K. Stevens / Chicago (twice) / Stevens / Art studio...
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-241
The Vetter Studio, [Woman Wearing Off-the-shoulder Gown],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collion p.o.p. print on mount 6 x 9 inches. Printed on recto: The Vetter Studio / 374 Grove St., Jersey City, N. J. A series
of numbers is penciled on the verso.
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-242
Photographer unknown, [Woman Wearing Shawl],
undated
Scope and Content Note
10 x 8 inch unmounted gelatin silver print; photograph is torn on the right side obscuring the photographer's signature.
Box 7, Folder 2
2014.R.4-244
Photographer unknown, [Bust of Woman in Flowery Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collotype print in mat 15 x 12 inches.
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-245
Photographer unknown, [Woman Wearing Plumed Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion (?) boudoir card. Partial annotation penciled on verso: Tell. Perhaps part of Teller collection?
Box 4, Folder 1
2014.R.4-246
Photographer unknown, [Profile of Woman Wearing Cloche Hat],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on mount 8 x 6 inches. Penciled annotation on verso: Hotel Delavon / 143 [___].
III.B.
Portraits of men,
1884-1908, undated
Physical Description:
55.0 items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains single portraits of men.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by the surname of the sitter, followed by sitters known only by their first names, and then by unidentified
sitters who are further organized alphabetically by photographer or studio name.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-300
Photographer unknown, Wm. (?) Debear,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on mount 9 x 7 1/2 inches. Title from dedication written across bottom of photograph: To my Friend E.
D. Gooding / Wm. (?) Debear. Bust portrait of broad-faced man in evening dress.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-251
Elite Photographic Studio, George W. Dukelan (Alias) Slim Jim,
1891
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title and date from dedication written on verso: Yours truly / Geo. W. Dukelan
/ (alias) / Slim Jim / Aug 4th 1891. Penciled on photograph: Slim Jim. Embossed on recto: Elite, 838 Market St. / San Francisco
Cal. George Washington Dukelan was a minstrel singer.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-281
Walery, Les Donalds, acrobates,
after 1889
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Brown paper label pasted on verso: Donald's / Troupe / acrobates.
Printed on recto: Walery, 9 bis rue de Londres / Paris. Additional studio information printed on verso. Date derived from
latest medal mentioned on verso. Depicts one man against a cloud backdrop.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-252
Marceau, A. O. Duncan,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver (?) print on card 10 3/4 x 8 inches. Title from dedication on recto: Yours Truly / A. O. Duncan. Debossed
on recto: Marceau / Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Marceau Fotografer / Los Angeles
/ Theater Building / 227 S. Spring St. / Los Angeles, Cal. Duncan was known as "America's best ventriloquist."
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-253
Arundel, Fred, Harry Edwards (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on mount 9 x 7 inches. Titled in negative. Printed on mount: Fred Arundel. Possibly a portrait
of Harry Edwards, a film director.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-254
Feinberg, Harry Emerson,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on large cabinet card (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Title written in ink on recto. Printed on recto: Feinberg / extra
finish / 16 West 14th St. / New York. Same information printed on verso with additional studio information.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-256
Photographer unknown, Frank Enaus (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on large cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from annotation in red pencil on verso. Photographer's imprint
at bottom of mount is cut off.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-255
Shepard, Harry, Sid Euson,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from annotation written on photograph. Printed on recto: Shepherd St. Paul. Printed on verso,
with additional studio information: Harry Shepherd / 93 E. 7th St., St. Paul.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-257
Gran Photografia Florida, Busnell Fillis, écuyer,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Gran Fotografia Florida
/ 230 Florida 230 / Buenos Aires.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-258
Elite Photographic Studio, Chas. F. Fox (Charles F. Fox),
1887
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on verso: Sincerely yours / Chas. F. Fox / Chicago, June 3d / 87. Printed on verso
with additional studio information: Elite Photography Studio / 838 Market Street, opp. Fourth / San Francisco. Same studio
information printed on recto.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-259
Gregory, Harry E. Gage,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver large cabinet card (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Title from dedication written on recto: To 'the maiden with
the dreamy eyes' from Harry E. Gage. Debossed on recto: Gregory / Vaughn Bldg. / Great Falls, Mont.
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-260
Place (?), Robert Gaylor,
1899
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. print on card 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Title from printing on recto of mount: Robert Gaylor
/ McAllister / [P]lace, 337 West Madison St. / Chicago. Written in ink over printing: Yours truly, Bobby Gaylor. Date written
vertically on photograph: 10 / 2 / 99.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-261
Hormig, Louis A. Hanvey,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from printing on recto. Printed on recto: Hormig, 118 Artillary Ave. / Detroit, Mich.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-262
Baker's Art Gallery, J. P. Harris,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen boudoir card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours truly J. P. Harris. Printed on recto: Baker / Columbus O. Printed
on verso with additional studio information: Baker's Art Parlors / 163 & 167 South High St. / Columbus, / Ohio.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-294
Robson, Tom Hawsley,
March 1907
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on card 8 7/8 x 7 inches. Printed on recto: Robson / Winnipeg. Penciled annotation on verso: To
/ Ursula / with best wishes / From Tom Hawsley / Mar / 07.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-263
White, L. S. (Luther S.), Joe H. Hayman,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on card 10 x 8 inches. Title from dedication written across bottom of photograph. Printed on recto: L.
S. White / Carbonette / 105 Fourth Ave. / New York. Hayman was known for the comedic monologue "Cohen on the Telephone."
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-264
Guttenstein, H. H. Hill,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink inscription on recto. Printed on recto: Guttenstein / Alhambra Theatre bldg.
/ Milwaukee. Penciled on verso: [___] Hill / club / [___].
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-265
Photographer unknown, Lew Hopkins,
after 1908
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver boudoir card. Title from dedication on recto: To the / girl who looked / like 'Nancie'. / I glory in
the Irish. / Lew. Hopkins / Furlong / Beaumont Tex / St. Patrick's Day. Frank Furlong was the manager of the Lyric Theater
in Beaumont, Texas. Lew Hopkins of Chicago took over as manager in 1908.
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-266
Feinberg, Arthur Laviral,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on card 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches. Title from dedication on verso: To my dearest friend / Ursula / With
love / Arthur Laviral / Remember me is all I ask / And if remembrance proves a task / Forget me. Signed in negative: Feinberg,
N.Y. Dedication written on photography: Yours sincerely / Arthur Laviral.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-267
Damião, Mr. Ercole Magni,
after 1888
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from ink inscription on recto. Date derived from date of latest medal printed on verso. Printed
on verso with additional studio information: Damião / Photographo / da / camara municipal de Lisbo / Largo do Regedor, 1 /
A. Theatro D. Marai II / Lisboa. Written in pen on verso: Emile Magni / écuyer. Ercole Magni was an Italian jockey and horseman.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-268
Baker's Art Gallery, Wm. Margelo, (William Margelo),
after 1886
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Date derived from awards statement printed on verso. Title from ink annotation on recto. Stamped on
recto: Baker, Columbus O. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Baker's Art Gallery / 163 & 167 South High
St. / Metropolitan Opera block / Columbus O.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-269
Tappan & Connel, W. J. Mason,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours truly W. J. Mason. Printed on recto: Tappan & Connel / Enamel
finish / Wheeling [___]. Printed on verso: Tappan & Conne / Rodgers Block, / Main St. / Wheeling, W. Va.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-271
Jones' Photos, Francis Milo,
29 May 1884
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on verso: Francis Milo / to my friend / Eugene Kenebae / Grand Rapids
Mich. / 29-5-84. Printed on recto: Jones' Photos, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-272
Harrison, Henry Morris,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion Paris panel. Title from dedication written across print: Compliments / Henry Morris. Printed on recto: Harrison
/ Paris / panel / Chicago / Central Music Hall. Penciled on verso: With much love to my darling / wife from / Henry.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-273
Gilbert, C. M., Dave J. Morrissy,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Yours / Dave J. Morrissey /Sherman & Morrissy / Sherman & Morrisey.
Printed on recto and verso: The Gilbert Studios, 926 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-274
Scholl, J. B., Henry Mason,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from dedication on verso: Your friend / Henry Mason. Printed on recto:
Scholl, Theatrical Photographer, / 210 State St. / Chicago. Same information printed on verso with additional studio information.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-275
Hiner, Dick Rider,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from dedication written on recto: Yours truly / Dick Rider. Printed
on recto: Hiner / 342 W. 14th St. / New York.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-277
Brinkmier's Studio, Charlie Van,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on card between boudoir and Paris sizes (9 x 6 inches). Title from dedication on recto: Yours from
college / Charlie Van. Printed on verso: Brinkmier's Studio / Wheeling W. Va. 1414 Market St. / Moundsville 904 Lafayette
Av. / Allegheny PA 208 Federal St. / Pittsburg 309 & 312 Smithfield St.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-276
Robinson and Roe, Charles Van Dyne,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from dedication written across photograph: Very truly yours / Charles
Van Dyne. Printed on recto: Robinson and Roe / 77 & 79 Clark St. Chicago / 54 West 14th St. New York. The verso also bears
a printed advertisement for sheet music on verso for E. O. Excell / Lakeside Bldg., Chicago Ill.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-250
Baker's Art Gallery, Eugene Wellington,
15 March 1897
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on mount 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Title and date from dedication written on recto: Compliments of / Eugene
Wellington / 3/15/97. Printed on recto: Baker Art Gallery / Columbus O. Medals stamped on mount.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-270
White, L. S., Phil Wells,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Large (7 x5 inch) matte gelatin silver cabinet card.Title from pencil annotation on verso. Debossed on recto: L. S. White
/ 105 Fourth Ave. / New York.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-278
Beem's Art Gallery, Howard Whitney,
after 1896
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from dedication on recto: Compliments and best wishes / Howard Whitney. Printed on recto:
Beem's Art Gallery / Greenville O. / 38 E. Third St. Date derived from date of medals printed on recto.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-279
London Artistic Portrait Co., Airec,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen carte-de-visite. Title written in ink on verso. Written in ink on verso: Airec / gymnaste. Printed on verso: The London
Artistic Portrait Co. / 108 Oxford St. / London W. / 4 doors east of Berners Street.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-280
Duffart & Zubelen, Arturo, acrobate,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written in ink on brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Duffart & Lis
(?) Zubelen, Marseille. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Duffart & [Zubelen] [obscured by the label] /
24 alleés de Meilhan, 24 / Marseille.
Box 6, Folder 1
2014.R.4-282
Photographer unknown, John [Man Standing with Hand in Pocket],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. print on card trimmed to 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Annotation on verso: Compliments / of John (?) / With best
wishes / to G[___].
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-283
Reed, A. E., La Pine and Dries,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on card between boudoir and Paris sizes (9 x 6 inches). Title from ink annotation on recto. Embossed
on recto: A. E. Reed / Jackson, Mich. Image is of a seated man wearing a striped suit and holding his gloves and bowler hat.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-284
Hana, George Henry, Letta,
after 1897
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written in ink on verso. Written in pencil on verso: Gymnaste et acrobate.
Printed on recto: Letta and Minni. / Hana Ltd., 22 Bedford Street / Strand-London. Dated based on the fact that Hana moved
to his Bedford Street studio in 1897. Portrait is of a man in an acrobatic costume.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-285
Terpereau, A., Stephano, gymnaste,
after 1889
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written in ink and pencil on verso. Printed on recto: Terpereau Bordeaux. Printed on
verso with additional studio information: Photographie / A. Terpereau / 30, cours de l'Intendance, 30 / Bordeaux. Date derived
from date of latest medal mentioned on verso.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-295
Robson, Tom,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on card 8 7/8 x 7 inches. Title from dedication on verso: And be sure that I love / you / Tom.
Printed on recto: Robson / Winnipeg. A ghost image of printing from another card appears on the sitter's face and collar area.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-286
Bradley & Rulofson, [Man with Hair Parted in the Middle],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Printed on recto: Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco. Printed on verso with additional studio
information: Bradley & Rulofson / Photographic Gallery / entrance, 14 Dupont Street / over City of Paris, / between Market
and Geary, / San Francisco.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-248
Carr, George H., [Curly-haired Young Man in Tweed Jacket],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on mount 8 5/8 inches by 5 3/4 inches. Printed on recto: Geo. H. Carr.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-287
Chickering, Elmer, [Man Standing with Hands in His Pockets],
after 1890
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Elmer Chickering, 21 West St. / Boston. Printed on verso with additional studio information:
The Royal Studio / Elmer Chickering / Proprietor / 21 / West St. / Boston. Dated derived from date of medal printed on verso.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-247
Farini Photographs, [Standing Mustachioed Man],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver or collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Printed on verso: Farini Photographs. 61 Fairfield Avenue / Bridgeport, Conn.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-290
Hiner, [Bust Portrait of Man in Evening Clothes],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Printed on recto: Hiner / 342 W. 14th St. / New York.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-288
Horton Bros, [Bust of Man],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Printed on recto: Horton Bros / Providence, R. I.
Box 3, Folder 2
2014.R.4-289
Lynn & Cram, [Young Man in Athletic Clothes],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver print on card between boudoir and Paris sizes (9 x 6 inches). Printed on recto: Lynn & Cram Seattle.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-249
Loomis, [Man with Arms Folded],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Dedication on recto reads: Yours truly / with thanks / [___]. Printed on verso: Loomis / Stillwater,
Minn.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-291
Ollivier, [Man in Phrygian Cap Looking through a Frame],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen (?) cabinet card. Printed on recto: Ollivier / 779 Broadway / New York.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-292
Ollivier, [Balding Man Wearing a Cravat and Stick Pin],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Ollivier 1162 Broadway, / bet. 27th & 28th Sts. / New York City.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-293
Perkins, [Man Wearing Overcoat with Hand in Suitcoat Pocket],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Perkins, 311 E. Baltimore St. / Baltimore, MD.
Box 2, Folder 1
2014.R.4-298
Watson's Photographic Studio, [Man wearing a Polka-dot Tie],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Watson, Cincinnati. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Watson's
Photographic Studio / 156 West Fourth St. / Cincinnati.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-296
Shorey, [Man with Short Bangs],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen boudoir card. Printed on recto: Shorey Baltimore. Printed on recto: Shorey, Baltimore. Printed on verso : Shorey /
Photo artist / 157 W. Balto. St., Baltimore, Md... Negative number: 46226.
Box 4, Folder 2
2014.R.4-297
Sommer, [Oval Portrait of Seated Man Holding Newspaper],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print on card 9 x 7 inches. Embossed on recto: Sommer / 210 N. 8th St. / Phil.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-299
White Studio, [Bust of Man in Coat and Tie],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Printed on recto: White 1261 Broadway / New York.
Box 5, Folder 3
2014.R.4-301
Photographer unknown, [Man Resting Hand on Face],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Semi-circular fragment of a gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 inches diameter.
III.C.
Group portraits,
1875-1962, undated
Physical Description:
81.0 items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains portraits of two or more sitters, including two- and three-person acts and troupes that could be all
male, all female or mixed genders.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by group or troupe name. Names beginning with a numeral precede the alphabetical listing, but names
beginning with a written number fall alphabetically. Unidentified groups are further organized alphabetically by photographer
or studio name.
Box 2, Folder 2
2914.R.4-313
Jansen, Leo, 3 Burtons (Three Burtons),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Leo Jansen, Hannover / Heiligerstr. 3.
Same information printed on verso with additional studio information. Pencil annotation on verso: Burtons acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-365
Friis, John, 3 Sorelli de Dio (Tre Sorelli de Dio; Tre Sorelle de Dio),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Titled in negative. The names of the troupe members are written in pen on mount below their
feet: Isabella; Annita; Leontin. Written in pencil on recto: Écuyères. Debossed on recto: John Friis, Vesterbrogade 20 / Kjøbenhavn.
Written on verso: Les 3 Sorelli de Dio / écuyères.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-369
Photographer unknown, Les 3 Vilo[____], acrobates (Les trois Vilo[____], acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Unmounted matte gelatin silver print, 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches. Title from pencil annotation on verso.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-320
Sartony, Otto, Les 5 Pottingers, danseuses (Les cinq Pottingers, danseuses),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from pencil annotation on verso; repeated in ink
in a different hand. Debossed on recto: Sartony / 16, rue Duphot. / Ateliers de pose. Au rez-de-Chaussé, / Paris.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-326
Taylor, A. V. G., Les 4 Kostesvy, Lilliputiens russes (Les quatre Kostesvy, Lilliputiens russes),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from handwritten label on recto. Printed on recto: A. V. G. Taylor. 153 Regent St. W. Written
at top of photograph: Lilliputiens russes. The figures are numbered 1 through 4 in ink below their feet. Paper label pasted
on verso lists the names, ages and heights of the 4 Kostesky (Theophane; Neonila, Michel and Marie). Torn green C. M. Ercole
label partially visible under handwritten label.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-381
Russel & Sons, Acrobates marocains,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation on verso. Photographer's imprint on recto: Russel & Sons / 17. Baler Street, W & / Crystal Palace. Photographers
by appointment to H.R.M the Queen. Dedication on verso: Your friend / Achmed Ibrahim. Two A. E. Roche wet stamps on verso.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-302
Duc Jeune, Aglos Trio, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from ink caption on verso. Pencil annotation on
verso: Aglos Trio. Ink annotation on verso: Réduire 7 de large. Embossed on recto: Duc Jeune / 23 et 25 Avenue Alsace-Lorraine,
Grenoble.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-303
Photographer unknown, Les Alonzo,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print 5 9/16 x 3 9/16 inches. Title from pencil annotation on verso. With annotations in two or three different
hands: Clecke (?); (Walesy); Danseuses acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-304
Staudt, Jul., Anetta und Lilian,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Letterpress halftone postcard. Title printed on recto. Written in pencil on verso: Anetta & Lilian / Les / Reinhold / gymnastes.
Printed on verso: jul. Staudt, Berlin W., Unter den Linden 47.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-305
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Anton Geni troupe,
after 1900
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Date derived from date on medals printed on verso.
Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann Berlin S. W. / Kommendanten Str 15; same information printed on verso with additional studio
information. Written on verso and on brown paper label pasted on verso: Anton Geni / troupe acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-306
Rousseau, Chéri, Les Affenzel, danseurs tyroliens,
after 1878
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from date of medal printed on verso. Printed on recto with monogram: Chéri Rousseau. Title from
ink annotation on verso. Pencil annotation on verso in different hand: Danseurs tyroliens / Les Affenzel. Printed on verso
with additional studio information: Chéri Rousseau / 41, rue Noailles / Marseille / 8, place de l'Hôtel de Ville / St. Étienne
(Loire).
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-307
Sarony, Otto, Pepita Aragon,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from annotations on verso in ink and pencil. Printed
on recto: Otto Sarony Co., 1177 Broadway N. Y. / near 28th St. Shows Aragon and her male partner, both with one arm raised
over their heads. See also 2014.R.4-308 and 2014.R.4-309.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-308
Sarony, Otto, Pepita Aragon,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from annotations on verso in ink and pencil. Printed
on recto: Otto Sarony Co., 1177 Broadway N. Y. / near 28th St. Shows Aragon stepping on her male partner's cloak; he is bent
on one knee. See also 2014.R.4-307 and 2014.R.4-309.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-309
Sarony, Otto, Pepita Aragon,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from ink caption on verso. Written in pencil on
verso in a different hand: les 9 à 6 1/2 de large / en un seul cliche. Printed on recto: Otto Sarony Co. 1177 Broadway N.
Y. / near 28th St. Shows Aragon and her male partner with their faces turned to look at each other. See also 2014.R.4-307
and 2014.R.4-308.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-310
Atelier Moderne, Sœurs Béier, trapizistes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Printed on recto: Atelier Moderne / const. Philipsen. / Kjobmagergade 12 / Kjobenhavn, K. Title
from ink annotation on verso. Written on green C. M. Ercole label pasted to verso: Trapez corde / Beier sœurs.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-321
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Bellatzer, gymnastes,
after 1902
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from penciled annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann. Berlin S. W.
/ Kommandanten Str. 15. Same information printed on verso with additional studio information. Date derived from date printed
on verso. See also 2014.R.4-232.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-322
Herrmann, R., Bellatzer, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card.Title from ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: Herrmann Nachf. / Leipzig Tauchterstrasse
6. Printed on verso: R. Herrmann / Nachf. / Ihn. Otto Reche... Richard Warner Cie wet stamp on verso. See also 2014.R.4-231.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-311
Photographer unknown, Bonels, anneux,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from annotation on brown paper label pasted on verso. Written on verso in two different hands:
Bonelo; anneaux.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-312
Christensen, Marius, Original Borsini Truppe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso: Original Borsini / Truppe / zür zeit Kopenhagen / circus
variety. Pencil annotation on verso: Borsini / Borsini / acrobates. Printed on recto: Atelier Moderne / Marius Christensen
/ dags-os / kunst-lys / Köbmagergade 12 Köbenhavn, K.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-349
Reed, H. T., Bros. Pascali,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written on photograph. Pencil annotation on verso: Les Pascali / acrobates.
Ink annotation in a different hand on verso: Pasquali. Printed on recto: H. T. Reed / 448 West Strand. Previous addresses
printed on recto are crossed out.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-314
Schipper, Karl, Mr. et Mme Corini, artistes equestres,
after 1894
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Date derived from date of latest medal printed on verso. Ink annotation
on verso in a different hand: Écuyers. Printed on recto: K. Schipper / Hof photograph. / 2tes Atelier / Bleich-Str. 14. Printed
on verso: Karl Schipper... with additional studio information. A. E. Roche wet stamps on recto and verso.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-315
Photographer unknown, Danets et Hilario, acrbates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from ink annotation on verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-316
Red, Aug., Dinus,
1894
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Titled in negative. Written in ink on recto: Travail de gymnastique - Paris 1894. Printed on recto:
Aug. Red. K.u.K. Hoffotograf / Linz. Written on green C. M. Ercole label pasted on verso: Acrobates / Dinus les / apersoneux
(?). Written on white paper label pasted on verso: Les Dinus / acrobates. Ercole wet stamp bearing 22 chaussée d'Antin address
on verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-317
Photographer unknown, Dollar Troupe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from printed label pasted on recto. Annotated twice on verso: Dollar Troupe / acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-318
Hana, George Henry, Las dos Estrellas (Las 2 Estrellas),
after 1894
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on recto. Printed on recto: Studio 443 Strand, London / Hana. Date
based on fact that Hana moved to his Strand studio in 1894. Written in ink on verso: Les Estrellas / acrobates.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-319
Lékégian, Gabriel, Sœurs Ethair,
after 1893
Scope and Content Note
Albumen boudoir card. Title from blue pencil annotation on verso. Brown paper label pasted on verso: Sœurs Ethair / acrobates.
Pencil annotation on verso: Acrobates anglaises. Dated in pen on verso: 12th Feb, 1895. It is unclear what this date refers
to as an arrow points from it to the word "Egypt" printed as part of the address. Date on medal printed on verso: 1893. Debossed
on recto: Lekegian & Co. Cairo / Egypt. Printed on verso: Photographie artistique / Photographers to the British Army / of
occupation. / Esbekieh / G. Lekegian & Co. / Cairo / Egypt / painters / Special Studio / at Mena House pyramids / Cairo /
Egypt / No. 1, Sharia El Meliguy / near Sheppard's Hôtel.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-337
Kubica, Curt, Famille Loret, jéux icuriens,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso (repeated on label on verso). Embossed on recto: Curt
Kubica / Heilbronn a/N. / Rathhausgasse 5. Emmanuel Roche wet stamp on verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-323
Benders, H. (?), The Flying Eugenes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion cabinet card. Title from stamp on recto which obscures studio imprint. Dedication on verso reads: With best
wishes / Jas. W. Eugene. Ink annotation on verso: Les merveilleux Eugéne / gymnastes.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-324
Photographer unknown, The Four Original Willys,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from pencil caption on recto. Annotations on verso in ink and pencil: Les
Willys / acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-327
Hana, George Henry, Les Glatenbech (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso: Les Gladenbech ? acrobates / femme porteuse. Printed on recto:
Studios/ 22, Bedford Street, / Strand, London / Hana Ltd. Date based on the fact that Hana moved to his Bedford Street studio
in 1897. Agence Rubini wet stamp on verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-328
Filderman, M., Helene & Emilon,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on recto. Printed on recto: M. Filderman; M. Filderman,
48 rue Laffitte / Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: M. Filderman / 48 rue Laffitte / Paris. Wet
stamp on verso: Staveau / Agence artistique / 19 rue d'Enghien, 19 / Paris. Ink annotation on verso: Miss Helen / and / Emilon.
Pencil annotation on verso: Helen et / Emilion / acrobates.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-329
Gibson Art Galleries, Heras Family,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver print on card 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Title from ink inscription on recto. Written in ink
on brown paper label pasted on verso: Heras / acrobates. Printed on recto: Gibson Art Galleries.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-362
Photographer unknown, Imeralda u. Ienitxa,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver postcard. Titled in negative. Written in pencil on verso: Imeralda & Lomitza / danseuses /acrobates.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-330
Lortete, Inas troupe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from blue pencil annotation on verso. Ink annotation on verso: Inas
/ acrobates.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-331
Scharmann, Wilhelm, The Jackson Troupe,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver print on card 6 3/4 x 9 inches. Title from printed label pasted on recto. Printed on recto:
Scharmann / Berlin S.W. / Kommandantenstr. 15 (with monogram in red seal).
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-332
Friis, John, Reiter-Famalie Karoly,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso. Penciled annotation on verso. Embossed on recto: John Friis.
Vesterbrogade 20 / Køjbenhavn. Written in pencil on verso: Karoly / écuyers.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-380
Photographer unknown, Kunstvrienden, Amsterdam,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on recto of mount. Penciled annotation on verso: Les
Kunstvrienden / Amsterdam / acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-333
Hiebl, J. B., The Largard 5, Acrobaten, (The Largard Funf, Acrobaten),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion cabinet card. Title from wet stamp on verso. Printed on recto and verso and written in negative: J. B. Hiebl
/ Photogr. Atelier / München / Montgelas-Strasse 35.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-374
Joop, Theodor, Joffa, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Atelier Th.
Joop / Inhaber Nawrotzki & Wehram / Bromberg / Wilhelmstr. 15. Printed on verso with additional studio information: Theodor
Joop / Inhaber, Nawrotzki & Wehram /... / Bromberg / Wilhelm Strasse 15...
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-336
Hormig, Linyard [and] O'Rourke,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print on mount 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Title from annotation written in pen on recto of mount. Photographer's wet
stamp on recto: Hormig / 118 Artillery Ave. / Detroit, Mich.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-343
Photographer unknown, McIntyre & Primrose,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from ink caption written on mount below image.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-338
Photographer unknown, F. Malmstens, cycliste Tuedais (?)
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver post card. Title written on recto. Pencil annotation on verso: Malmstens.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-339
Schäfer, Carl, Marguerite et Hanley,
after 1875
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pink annotation on verso: (Original) / Marguerite et Hanley / acrobates de force
/ mains sur mains / dame - porteuse. Printed on recto: Carl Schäfer / Kipdorfstrasse 57. Elberfeld. Photographer's name repeated
on verso with additional studio information. Date derived from studio founding date printed on verso. Ercole wet stamp on
verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-341
Cautin & fils, Mascotte Trio,
30 March 1908
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion cabinet card. Title from ink dedication on verso: Dem liebens würdigen / Herr Emilio / zur ofrennde Erininnerung
/ gewidmet / von Mascote Trio / paris 30.3.08. Annotation on verso: Mascotte trio / acrobates. Printed on recto and verso:
Cautin & fils / 55, rue de Châteaudun / Paris. Penciled on verso: 6 1/2 de large ....
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-342
Boisdon, Maurice-Eugène, Mazzoni,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written in pencil on verso. Written in ink on verso: Mazzoni / acrobates. Printed on
recto: Boisdon. Paris. Printed on verso with additional studio information: M. Boisdon / 19, boulevard St. Denis, 19 / Paris.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-344
Bernaud, Alphonse, Merkati, acrobates,
after 1875
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Portrait album / Lyon (remainder of
imprint is cut off). Printed on verso with additional studio information: Photographie / (obscured by brown label). / maisons
à Naples, Florence & Livourne / Alphonse Bernoud /... / rue des Archers / 8 Ancien, 2 / angle de la rue St. Dominique / Lyon
/ ... Date derived from that of latest medal printed on verso.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-345
Photographer unknown, Montrose troupe, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from pencil annotation on verso. Ink annotation
on verso: Montrose / acrobates.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-346
Darby, Paul, Moukdanoff,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. on card 6 x 8 inches. Title written in pen on recto. Written on brown paper label
pasted on verso: Les / Moukdanoff / danseurs. Printed on recto: Paul Darby / 39 bd. de Strasbourg / Paris. Repeated on verso
with additional studio information.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-347
Meyer, Albert, Famille Neiss, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. on card 8 3/8 x 5 inches. Title from green C. M. Ercole label pasted on verso. Written on brown paper label
pasted on verso: Les Neiss / acrobates. Printed on recto: Albert Meyer / Nachf. Carl Brée, / Stettin. Ercole label obscures
photographer's imprint on verso.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-348
Photographer unknown, Original Oglos Trio,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Letterpress halftone postcard. Title printed on recto, which continues: Sensations-Zahnluft-Akt. Written on brown paper label
pasted on verso: Oglos trio / acrobate. Printed on verso: Weltpostverein / carte postale - post card / Postkarte.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-350
Schwabe, Paul, Les Picchiani and les Danicheff, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotations on verso. Pencil annotation on verso: Picchiani ... Danicheff. Printed
on recto: Paul Schwabe. Breslau. Printed on verso: B. / Photogr. Atelier / Paul Schwabe / Breslau / Neue Taschnestrasse 31.
/ Im Garten partierre. The six members of the troupe, two male and four female, are arranged according to height from tallest
on the left to shortest on the right. See also 2014.R.4-49 and 2014.R.4-351.
Box 1, Folder 1
2014.R.4-73
Jansen, Leo, La belle Venus,
1899
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from printed label affixed to recto, which continues: ...in ihren graciösen Leistungen
auf dem / Balance-Trapez. Annotation on verso, written in first hand: Fait au mois de mars / 1899 / Hannover / Mellini théater.
Annotation on verso written in second hand: Meme gr[___] / de large. Annotation on verso written in third hand: La belle Venus.
Printed on verso with aditional studio information: Leo Jansen / Hannover / Heiligertr. 3 II / ecke Kl. Packhofstr. / früher
Rösehof.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-351
Schwabe, Paul, Les Picchiani and les Danicheff, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from 2014.R.4-250. Ink annotation on verso: Picchiani. Pencil annotations on verso are
unclear. Ink annotation on left recto of card: Ca s'est le personelle qui est habillé en toilette de Bal. Printed on recto:
Paul Schwabe. Breslau. Printed on verso: B. / Photogr. Atelier / Paul Schwabe / Breslau / Neue Taschnestrasse 31. / Im Garten
partierre. The six members of the troupe are arranged with the two male members seated in the center with two female members
flanking them on either side. See also 2014.R.4-49 and 2104.R.4-350.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-352
Photographer unknown, Les Picchiani,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from 2014.R.4-253. Brown paper label on verso:
Pichiani / acrobates. Names of troupe members are written in ink in margin below their feet: Luigi; Ines; Polissena; Margherita,
Egisia; Giacomo. Image same as 2014.R.4-253. The six members of the troupe, two male and four female, are arranged according
to height from tallest on the left to shortest on the right.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-353
Photographer unknown, Les Picchiani,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title from pencil annotation on verso above ink annotation,
which reads: : Les Picchiani / acrobates. Image same as 2014.R.4-252. The six members of the troupe, two male and four female,
are arranged according to height from tallest on the left to shortest on the right.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-354
Meess, Chr., Saida, Carmen,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title written in pencil on verso. There are only two names given although three members
of the troupe (all female) are depicted. Printed on recto: Atelier Chr. Meess, Karlsruhe, Werderstr. 31. See also 2014.R.4-42
and 2014.R.4-209.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-355
d'Illin & Philippe, Salome, gymnastes,
after 1900
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from pencil annotation on verso; also written on brown paper label pasted on verso. Written
on recto: Salome. Printed on recto: W. d'Illin. Genève / 3 rue du Mont-Blanc 3. Blind stamp in photograph: W. d'Illin. Printed
on verso with additional studio information: Société Anonyme / des / Anes. Mns. / d'Illin & Phillipe / Genève / 3 rue du Mont-Blanc
= 10, cours de Rive. Negative number pencilled on verso: No. 15844. Date derived from latest medal date printed on verso.
Depicts two women.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-356
Filderman, M., Saragosse, danseuses espagnoles,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Printed on recto: M. Filderman / 48 rue Laffitte / Paris. Photographer's
name and address printed on verso with additional studio information. Pencil annotation on verso: Danseuses / espagnoles.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-357
Edit Biancaud, The Simpson's [sic] (The Simpsons),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collotype postcard. Title printed on recto with: Aerian act novelty. Pencil annotation on verso: A la culture physique. The
correspondence and address area of the postcard are filled with a description in French describing the act and their tour.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-358
Sachs, Sisters Coulson,
1899
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Title and date from annotation on recto: Sisters Coulson
/ [___] 8 Bellso Co. / Season 1899. Debossed on recto: Sachs / 831 Broad St. / Newark, N.J.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-359
Möbus & Tobler, Sisters Reisley,
after 1891
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title written in negative. Printed on recto with monogram: Möbus & Tobler, Zürich. Written on white
Agence Rubini label: Reisley sisters. Purple stamp on verso: The / World-renowned / 3 sisters 3 / Reisley / [Fl]ying-gymnasts.
Date derived from photographer's imprint on verso, most of which is obscured by the Agence Rubini label.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-360
Photographer unknown, The Sisters Urma,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Printed advertisment with halftone letterpress image. Title from text: The / Sisters Urma / Premier triple trapeze artistes
/ In their classical and refined gymnastic / specialty act. With novel and unique / triple descent (tableau vivant.) Acknowledged
as / "Peerless in their particular line!" / Permanent address: 38 Hyde Park Road, Leeds. Printed by Wilson's, Leicester.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-361
Potterat, E., Six Ernestines, Singers & Acrobatic Dancers,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion or gelatin silver boudoir card. Title from ink annotation on verso. Brown paper label pasted on verso: Les
Ernestines / danseurs. Printed on recto: E. Potterat / Montreux.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-325
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Sœurs Merkel, gymnasiarques,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen boudoir card. Title from brown paper and green C. M. Ercole lable pasted on verso. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann
/ Berlin. S. W. Kommandantenstr. 15. See also 4 Sisters Merkels 2014.R.4-11. The present portrait is of three women in acrobatic
costume.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-363
Scharmann, Wilhelm, The Three Sisters Camaras (The 3 Sisters Camaras),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. Title from caption written on recto over photographer's imprint. Printed on verso: Wilh.
Scharmann / Berlin, S. W. / Kommandantenstr. 15 / gegenüber der Beuth-Strasse... Annotation on brown paper label on verso:
Les Camaras / acrobates. Two young women flank a younger girl who stands on a bear skin rug. See 2014.R.4-364.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-364
Scharmann, Wilhelm, The Three Camaras (The 3 Sisters Camaras),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. boudoir card. Title written in ink on recto. Annotation on brown paper label on verso: Camaras / acrobates.
Printed on recto: Wihl. Scharmann / Berlin S.W. Kommendantenstr. 15. Two young women flank a younger girl who stands on a
box coverd by an oriental carpet. See 2014.R.4-363.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-366
Photographer unknown, Trio Alby's,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from caption on recto. Written in pencil on verso: gymnastes & / acrobates. Pen annotation
on verso: Acrobates on the / silver chains. / Three Albions Company. Pencil annotation: Gymnastes et / acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-367
Scharmann, Wilhelm, Trio Herelli,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Titled in negative. Printed on recto: Wilh. Scharmann / Berlin, S. W. / Kommandantenstr. 15.
Written on green C. M. Ercole label on verso: Trio Herelli / acrobates.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-368
Wilke, Willy, Trio Vania, danseurs,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver cabinet card. Title from ink and pencil annotations on verso. Printed on recto: Willy Wilcke / Hamburg.
Photographer's imprint on verso: Willy Wilke / Hamburg / Steindamm 54/56...
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-335
Alexandersen, G., Troupe Lillys, les Copurchic acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. cabinet card. Title from ink annotation on photograph: Troupe Lilly's / les Copurchic acrobates. Embossed
on recto: G. Alexandersen. Vesterbrogade 46 / Kjøbenhavn. V. Wet stamped on verso: Troupe Lilly's / Copurchic acrobates /
pour théatres cirques & concerts. Written on green C. M. Ercole on verso that obscures photographer's imprint and additional
troupe wet stamp: Acrobates / Troupe / Lillys.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-370
Gandini & Molteni, Troupe Alexandroff,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print on card 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Title written on recto below image. Written on brown paper label on recto: Troupe
/ Alexandrofe / danseuses russes. Purple stamp on recto: Russian troupe 8 expert vocalists dancers / Director / M. Alexandroff.
Printed on recto: Gandini & Molleni / Milano / Corso Genova 21.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-371
Photographer unknown, Troupe Stopanoff,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. boudoir card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Brown paper label pasted on verso: Stopanoff / danseurs.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-372
Cappelli, G., Victor & Nip,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Title printed on recto. Brown paper label pasted on verso: Victor & Nip / gymnastes. Photographer's
wet stamp on verso: G. Cappelli / Fotografo / 224 / Calle Artes. / 1r premiado en la 1r exposicion Italiana / Buenos Aires.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-373
Boisdon, Maurice-Eugène, Vincianos,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion or gelatin silver p.o.p. cabient card. Title from pencil annotation on verso. Second pencil annotation: Les / Vincianos
/ acrobates / et / force. Printed on verso with additional studio information: M. Boisdon / 19, boulevard St. Denis, 19 /
Paris.
Box 6, Folder 3
2014.R.4-375
Photographer unknown, Mr & Mrs Harry Vokes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collodion p.o.p. print on card 12 3/4 x 10 inches. Title from printing on recto.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-376
Photographer unknown, Les Zivaro, acrobates,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Title from brown paper label pasted on verso.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-377
Feinberg, [Two Boys and a Girl],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen larger cabinet card (7 x 5 inches). Printed on recto: Feinberg / opposite the London / Theatre / New York.
Box 4, Folder 3
2014.R.4-378
Photographer unknown, [Man and Girl Dancing],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver larger cabinet card.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-379
Gambier, Marc, [Two Men Standing, One with Hands behind His Back],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet card. Printed on recto: Marc Gambier / 16 West 14th Street, / N. Y.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-382
Sommer, The Saturday Studio,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Title from annotation on verso. Photographer's stamp on verso: The Sommer Studio
/ 210 North 8th Street / Philadelphia, Pa. Photographer's name written in negative: Sommer / Phila. Depicts a seated boy with
a woman standing next to him.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-383
Van Art & Co., [Man with Arms Folded, Woman with Muff],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Printed on verso: Van Art Co. / Photographers / 564 Grand St. N.Y.C. Signed in
negative: Van Art Co. / N.Y.
Box 5, Folder 4
2014.R.4-384
Photographer unknown, [Seated Woman and Man Seated on Arm of Chair],
undated
Scope and Content Note
Matte gelatin silver (?) print on card 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
Box 2, Folder 2
2014.R.4-385
The Call of the Calliope,
1951
Scope and Content Note
This pamphlet is an independent publication devoted to the interest of circus fans and collectors. 1951 Fall Number. Contains
advertisements of such things as clown costumes and circus photos.