Antique Soldier Actor Edwardian Actress Cabinet Photo, Broadway New York Theater

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Antique Spanish American Soldier Actor & Edwardian Actress Cabinet Photo, White's Studio, Broadway New York.
Photo was taken between 1903-1905.
Item has some wear and total item measures approximately 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches.
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White’s Photo Studio was a theatrical and portrait photography studio on Broadway in New York City. The founder, entrepreneur Luther S. White (1857-1936) employed a series of photographers to make the actual photographs, including Edward Thayer Monroe, Ralph Shaklee and George Lucas. Between 1905 and 1925, White’s was Broadway’s leading studio for the photography of theatrical productions, documenting performers in its studios and productions on site in the theaters. The studio also advertised its portraiture services to the public in periodicals such as
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magazine, where it promoted its sepia finish cabinet photos and “life size” prints. Lucas, the firm’s leading stage photographer, and Monroe eventually left to form their own business. The White Studio archive was obtained by the Theater Collection of the New York Public Library, but many of the earliest glass plates were donated to the War Department during World War I for recycling.