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Unidentified actress in the stage production The Bird of Paradise

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Item data

Title

Unidentified actress in the stage production The Bird of Paradise

Collection

White Studio theatrical photographs
Series I. Plays
The Bird of Paradise
The Bird of Paradise: Keysheets

Names

White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1912
Place: New York

Library Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1956-002

Subjects

Theatrical productions -- New York (N.Y.)
Stage photography -- New York (N.Y.)
Tully, Richard Walton, 1877-1945. Bird of paradise

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Biographical/Historical: A commercial photographic studio founded by Luther White in New York City in the 1890s, White Studio was first known for its portraiture before venturing into theatrical photography beginning in 1904.
Content: 89 images: 24 on p. 85 in MWEZ 16532; 24 on p. 148 and 11 on p. 149 in MWEZ 16537; 10 on p. 21 and 20 on p. 22 in MWEZ 16546.
Content: Performance photographs of The bird of paradise by RichardWalton Tully, produced at Daly's Theatre, New York, N.Y., Jan. 8, 1912.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Image no. 38 from keysheet

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16187984
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14932357
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-F222
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 54550b90-3dbe-0131-f2d4-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1912

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MLA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Unidentified actress in the stage production The Bird of Paradise" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54550b90-3dbe-0131-f2d4-58d385a7b928

APA format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). Unidentified actress in the stage production The Bird of Paradise Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54550b90-3dbe-0131-f2d4-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Unidentified actress in the stage production The Bird of Paradise" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54550b90-3dbe-0131-f2d4-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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