Edwardian Era Actresses.
An Album of Embellished Real Photo Postcards. Miss Nellie Cable's Collection.

London: ca. 1906-1909.

Oblong album, containing 50 postcards mounted on thick green leaves, each featuring a black-and-white image of an actress, twelve embellished with hand-applied color, five with added glitter or metallic ink; each postcard postmarked and addressed to a Miss Nellie Cable of London with personal notes from various friends; album bound in a faded blue cloth stamped with white (occasional pencil annotations, a few leaves starting; joints tender); 7 ½ x 5 in.

These promotional cards depict actresses in costume and character in various roles, including: Zena Dare, Agnes Fraser, Phyllis Dare, Constance Collier, Mabel Love, Elaine Terriss, Doris Stocker, Camille Clifford, Lilian Braithwaite, Ethel Olivier, Kathleen Courtney, Madge Lessing, Adrienne Augarde, Lily Brayton, Lily Elise, Edith Wynee-Matthisen, Billie Burke, Camille Clifford, Carrie Moore, Clarita Vidal, Constance Collier, Daisy Stratton, Doris Stoker, Edith Wynne-Matthisen, Elizabeth Firth, Ellaine Terriss, Ethel Oliver, Gabrielle Ray, Gaby Deslys, Hettie King, Isabel Jay, Kathleen Courtney, Lilian Braithwaite, Lily Brayton, Lily Elise, Mabel Love, Madge Crichton, Madge Lessing, Maie Ash, Marie Lohr, Marie Studholme, Maud Allan, Maude Odell, Olive May, Olive Morell, Phyllis and Zena Dare, Simeta Mardsen, and Valli Valli.

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