[Photograph]: Rachel Walker: The Creole Nightingale

[Circa 1896].

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Unbound. Cabinet photograph. Approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Image size approximately 3.75" x 5.5". Very slight foxing to the card, but not the photograph, else fine. No photographer or printer marks. In late 1895 or early 1896, the Cleveland born Walker toured California as the prima donna of the white Henry Wolfsohn Musical Bureau, and in July 1896 she made her debut as "The Creole Nightingale" in New York City at the Olympia Roof Garden, where the "unusual compass and excellent quality" of her voice made her "an extraordinary hit," after which she toured and performed frequently in Europe until the start of the First World War.

Item #94596

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Item #94596 [Photograph]: Rachel Walker: The Creole Nightingale. Rachel Walker TURNER.