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Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held.

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Anna Held Museum papers, 1897-1987.

SUB-COLLECTION
Series IV: Ephemera

SUB-COLLECTION
Photographs

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Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held.

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Title
Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held.
Collection

Anna Held Museum papers, 1897-1987.

Series IV: Ephemera

Photographs

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1897 - 1987
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Mss 1990-010
Topics
Held, Anna, 1877?-1918
Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Anna Held, a musical comedy star, was born March 8, 1873 in Warsaw. She began her career on stage in London and Paris where she attracted the eye of Florenz Ziegfeld who signed her to a contract to tour America. She moved to the U.S. and after completing the tour starred on Broadwayfor Ziegfeld. In 1897, after divorcing Maximo Carrera, a South American business man whom she had met and married in Paris, she married Mr. Ziegfeld. In 1912 she divorced Flo Ziegfeld who then married Billie Burke. Anna Held died 2 August 1918 leaving her entire estate to her daughter, Liane Carrera.
Ownership: 05/--/1990 Ziegfeld, Richard Purchase 2 lin.ft.
Content: In 1976 after a varied career, Liane Carrera opened the Anna Held Museum in San Jacinto, California. Miss Carrera devoted the rest of her life to telling the story of Anna Held. Liane Carrera died in 1988.
Content: The Anna Held Museum Papers consist of correspondence, photographs and manuscripts, which document the careers and personal lives of Anna Held, Florenz Ziegfeld, Billie Burke and Liane Carrera.
Ownership: THE
Content: The series consists of photographs, picture postcards and some clippings. Photographs are of Anna Held, Liane Carrera and items from the Anna Held Museum in San Jacinto, California.
Statement of responsibility: Anna Held
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW90-A87
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11260290
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50d13060-c624-012f-fcdd-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1897: Created (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897 - 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d2628a0-d7e9-a0c0-e040-e00a180653b7

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d2628a0-d7e9-a0c0-e040-e00a180653b7

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1897 - 1987). Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d2628a0-d7e9-a0c0-e040-e00a180653b7

Wikipedia Citation

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Flo Ziegfeld and Anna Held.