Baker, Josephine (1906-1975)
Promotional Photo Cards: Seventeen Examples.

Including: one black-and-white portrait of a smiling Baker in elaborate earrings and headband taken by R. Sobol, Paris, with stamps on verso and Sobol's signature on recto, 6 3/4 x 5 in.; one real photo postcard inscribed in French on verso showing Baker in a tuxedo and top hat, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.; three small black-and-white advertising cards showing Baker semi-clad, in a fancy dance costume, and in tattered overalls, versos blank, each 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.; [and] twelve photo advertising cards promoting Baker's appearances at London's Prince Edward Theatre in October, 1933, each showing her in a different outfit, each card 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (17)

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