Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925

Description

1. 1 cabinet photograph : b&w; 17 x 11 cm.

Summary

1. Studio portrait of Lillian Russell and her young daughter Lillian Russell Solomon, the child's arms around her mother's neck.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series statement

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Subject

1. Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922
2. Solomon, Edward, 1855-1895
3. Russell, Dorothy Peabody
4. Actresses -- United States
5. Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Cabinet photographs.

Call number

1. *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 9)

Note

1. Photograph appeared in print in 1891.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

1. Lillian Russell Solomon, also known as "Dawtie", the daughter of Edward Solomon, was born in England May 10, 1884. Changing her name to Dorothy, she, like her mother, worked in the theater, but without her mother's success. Also like her mother, she married several times, first to Abbot Lewis Einstein in August 1903. They divorced in 1906 and in 1922? she was Mrs. Dorothy Russell Calvert. She died in 1954.

Title

1. Lillian Russell with daughter Lillian Russell Solomon / cabinet photograph by Falk.

Imprint

1. New York : Falk, [between 1886 and 1890]

Series

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional formats

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography

1. Lillian Russell Solomon, also known as "Dawtie", the daughter of Edward Solomon, was born in England May 10, 1884. Changing her name to Dorothy, she, like her mother, worked in the theater, but without her mother's success. Also like her mother, she married several times, first to Abbot Lewis Einstein in August 1903. They divorced in 1906 and in 1922? she was Mrs. Dorothy Russell Calvert. She died in 1954.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Indexed term

1. Photographs

Added author

1. Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925, photographer
2. Solomon, Lillian Russell.

Research call number

1. *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 9)