American theater collection of cabinet cards

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 4678

Scope and content

Photographic portraits of actors in American theatre from 1871-1907. Many of these cabinet cards are autographed and bear inscriptions. Portraits include Maude Adams, Viola Allen, Henry Clay Barnabee, Lawrence Barrett, Blanche Bates, Kyrle Bellow, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Emma Calvé, Mrs Leslie Carter, Kate Claxton, Charlotte Crabtree, William H. Crane, Fanny Davenport, Henry E. Dixey, John Drew, Maxine Elliott, Mrs. G.H. Gilbert, William Gillette, Virginia Harned, De Wolfe Hopper, Wilton, Lackaye, Mary Mannering, Richard Mansfield, Julia Marlowe, Helene Modjeska, James O'Neill, Ada Rehan, E.H. Sothern, Lester Wallack and William Warren Jr. A number of these portraits were created by the photographer Napoleon Sarony.