murielharding

Olga Petrova (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Seuss. said:

  A version of this photo appears in the September 18 New Britain Herald with the caption

  Olga Petrova. actress, is back In New York after a trip abroad. She brought with her a pet monkey, little dreaming that any photographers would want to take its picture

  This is why you can't trust the press: it's not a monkey, it's a ring tailed lemur. Beyond that, Olga Petrova was the stage name of British/American actress/writer Muriel Harding (1884-1977)

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for the newspaper link Seuss., I'll be sure we add a note about the lemur.