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Paul Bender (28 July 1875 – 25 November 1947) was a German operatic bass. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bender

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archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WS...
indicates that his Metropolitan Opera debut was in November 1922, playing Baron Ochs in Rosenkavalier. See Florence Easton who played the Feldmarschallin in the same production.

"For twenty-years from 1905 to 1925 White Studio was Broadway's foremost photographer of stage production. Founded by New York saloonkeeper Luther S. White (1857-1936), this photographic agency employed a series of cameramen from 1903 to 1936, some talented, some not, who recorded hundreds of performers and thousands of productions of the American stage. " www.broadway.cas.sc.edu/content/studios-white

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See archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WS...
for a November 1922 performance at the Metropolitan Opera House.

"For twenty-years from 1905 to 1925 White Studio was Broadway's foremost photographer of stage production. Founded by New York saloonkeeper Luther S. White (1857-1936), this photographic agency employed a series of cameramen from 1903 to 1936, some talented, some not, who recorded hundreds of performers and thousands of productions of the American stage. " www.broadway.cas.sc.edu/content/studios-white

She's far more interesting than the costume she dons!

great shot

Marvelous photos in the Library.

quite an amazing woman there

awesome!