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Contains 130 Results:

Monsieur R. Bertin - Imitant Yvette Guilbert, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents

Photographer's name partially legible (reproduction of embossing on original photo). Notice printed full width indicating "Certains les pays étrangers n'acceptant pas la correspondance au recto se renseigner à la Poste."

Dates: 1907

Jeanne Bloch, 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents

A comic actress who played both female and male roles in music-hall revues; dressed as a portly, gray-haired, bearded gentleman looking like then President of the French Republic, Armand Fallières. Card No. 308.

Dates: 1910

M. Defreyn (Sarah Yacco), 1903

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 17
Scope and Contents

An operetta star who later developed a recording and film career. In the postcard offered here, Defreyn imitates Sadda Yacco (Kawakami Sadayakko; 1871-1946), a Japanese kabuki artist who performed to audiences in Paris at the turn of the 20th century.

Dates: 1903