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Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Vandamm theatrical photographs, 1900-1957

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Mourning becomes Electra. (Guild Theatre, 1931)

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Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?

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Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?
Names
Vandamm (Photographer)
Collection

Vandamm theatrical photographs, 1900-1957

Productions

Mourning becomes Electra. (Guild Theatre, 1931)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1931
Place: Guild Theatre
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Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1961-001, Vandamm 1933
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3573bb20-c5ad-012f-7772-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1931: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1931. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8ea7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 13, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8ea7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1931). Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel? Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8ea7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8ea7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?, (1931)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 13, 2021 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Scene from O'Neill's "Mourning becomes Electra". Grant Gordon (as Joe Silva), Arthur Hughes (as Seth Beckwith), Erskine Sanford (as Abner Small), bare-headed, Jack Byrne (as Amos Ames), hand on hip, and Oliver Putnam as Ira Mackel?