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- "Julian Eltinge at the GRAND this Week," 1911 - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
- Collections - Artifact
"Julian Eltinge at the GRAND this Week," 1911
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911 -
- January 14, 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911
- Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954 -
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954
- Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890 - The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890
The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- Trade Card for H. Leonard Sons & Co., "Hail, the Bridegroom!, Hail, the Bride," circa 1887 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1887
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Trade Card for H. Leonard Sons & Co., "Hail, the Bridegroom!, Hail, the Bride," circa 1887
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Opera Hat, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Opera Hat, 1880-1900
- "Julian Eltinge Next Week," January 1911 - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
- Collections - Artifact
"Julian Eltinge Next Week," January 1911
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890 - Streetcars and pedestrians travel through Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system. The tall French Renaissance building behind them is the first Detroit Opera House.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890
Streetcars and pedestrians travel through Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system. The tall French Renaissance building behind them is the first Detroit Opera House.
- Note by Elizabeth Parke Firestone regarding Her Christian Dior Dress for the Reopening of Vienna Opera House, November 1955 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone's refined sense of fashion reflected years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. She often appeared in fashion and society magazines. In 1955, Firestone proudly noted that the custom Christian Dior gown she had worn for the reopening of the Vienna Opera House "was the only one mentioned in all the Paris papers."
- November 01, 1955
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Note by Elizabeth Parke Firestone regarding Her Christian Dior Dress for the Reopening of Vienna Opera House, November 1955
Elizabeth Parke Firestone's refined sense of fashion reflected years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. She often appeared in fashion and society magazines. In 1955, Firestone proudly noted that the custom Christian Dior gown she had worn for the reopening of the Vienna Opera House "was the only one mentioned in all the Paris papers."
- Grand Opera House Program for the Week Beginning January 9, 1911, "Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow" - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Grand Opera House Program for the Week Beginning January 9, 1911, "Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow"
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.