ERDIX WINSLOW CAPEN worked on theatrical productions in Massachusetts and other eastern states. He worked as a stage technician at the Boston Repertory Theatre, taught courses in mask making in Springfield, Massachusetts and did set and costume design for plays at Amherst College and Smith College. Capen was born.....
Impressive 17.5" x 20.5" sepia photograph of French actor Benoit-Constant Coquelin. The is from when he was Mascarille in Les Precieuses Ridicules, by Moliere, in 1888. It is signed "C. Coquelin, 3 Avril, 89' New York." There is also a smaller 4" x 5.75" photo from the same role, affixed.....
Halftone theatrical broadside (image 15.75" × 19.5"; framed 17.5" × 21.5"), depicting actress Maud Raymond in blackface as Topsy in the 1901 Broadway production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Academy of Music, New York. A dynamic composite of photographic portraits—each showing Raymond’s expressive gestures and comic poses—set within an.....
Six original photographs (two cabinet cards from the same negative, one oval studio print, and three mounted photos) documenting the early careers and marriage of Maud(e) Raymond (Mrs. Gus Rogers) and Gus Rogers of the Rogers Brothers vaudeville team. Maud Raymond (born Rashel Lobenstein on New York’s Lower East.....