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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes President Roosevelt, asking him to grant Emma Eames an audience. Eames is a well-renowned and accomplished opera singer and “has a great admiration” for Roosevelt. Robinson believed Eames “had the right” to request the meeting. The opera singer will be in Washington, D.C., at the Willard for several days.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-20
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson asks William Loeb to deliver the enclosed note to President Roosevelt. Robinson also requests a meeting with the president for Emma Eames Story, indicating that such a great American singer should make his personal acquaintance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-20
Giulio Gatti-Casazza and Oscar Hammerstein throw puppets labeled “Tenor, Second Tenor, Contralto, Baritone, Basso, Mezzo Soprano, [and] High Soprano” at each other.
Operas in New York City once were popular attractions, with many productions in many theaters through the year. In opera season international stars would sing and prominent conductors lead orchestras. Similarly, talents from America and abroad launched careers on New York opera stages, especially after the advent of phonographs.
A man and a woman sit at a musical revue. The man is staring at a chorus girl who is temptingly standing in front of him. The man’s wife or girlfriend is looking at him with a concerned look on her face.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-03-01