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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across Mifflin Street towards the Fuller Opera House, which later became the Parkway Theater and was razed in 1954. The City Hall is next doo... |
| Date: | 12 17 1982 |
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| Description: | Operetta Scene - The Hansberry-Sands Theater Company performed a scene from "Black Nativity" at St. Agnes Church, 4055 N. 25th St. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across road towards the front and right side of the Opera House. Caption reads: "Greetings from Prairie Farm, Wis." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A man stands near an opera house sign, smoking a pipe and looking at his theater ticket. A poster advertises a show by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke raises a glass posed as the servant girl in the operetta The Dutchess of Dantzic which premiered in October 1903 at the Lyric Theatre i... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke carries a tea tray as the servant girl in the operetta The Dutchess of Dantzic which premiered in October 1903 at the Lyric Theatre in ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The young Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in suggestive deshabille, her pearl decorated dress falling off her shoulders. |
| Date: | 12 1918 |
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| Description: | Publicity portrait of the Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri in pearl necklace and feather covered hat made when she appeared in Famous Players-Lasky ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The French operatic tenor Lucien Muratore and his wife, the Italian soprano, Lina Cavalieri. They are costumed in classical style and lounging by Long Isla... |
| Date: | 03 1919 |
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| Description: | The Italian operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri with braided hair and wearing sports clothes sits on a rock at her home. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The opera stars Lucian Muratire, French tenor, and his wife Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano, visit film director William de Mille who is posed with a Bell ... |
| Date: | 02 15 1916 |
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| Description: | Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso arriving in New York. Original title: "Arrival of Caruso and other opera stars on the steamer Dante Allghieri.<... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Lou Tellegen, Dutch-born actor, and Geraldine Farrar, American operatic soprano and silent film actress, and two canine friends. Tellegen and Farrar were m... |
| Date: | 06 1904 |
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| Description: | Olivia Goldenberger, who was born in Madison, but went on to perform under the stage name Olivia Monona with the Chicago Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, ... |
| Date: | 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across street toward the three-story, brick opera house. A horse-drawn carriage is on the street in front. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Original caption from a newspaper clipping: "Mme. Louise Homer, Famous Contralto, and her four children. Mme. Homer, famous American prima donna, is also o... |
| Date: | 03 20 1918 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Marguerite Sylva who was once so popular on the operatic stage is seldom heard now. She sang Carmen in Boston recently but New York has ... |
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