Julian Eltinge in the <i>Fascinating Widow</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Eltinge, Julian
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Post card made by Kraus Manufacturing Co. in New York, New York, in 1911. Card number K. 205, is made of off-white paper card stock with black ink. There is an image of actor Julian Eltinge in "drag" costume on the front of the postcard. The back of the card is printed with information about the musical play <i>The Fascinating Widow,</i> starring Julian Eltinge, at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, January 30th, 1911.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Julian Eltinge, born William Julian Dalton (1881-1941), was an American actor and female impersonator. Eltinge began his career in vaudeville and acheived his greatest sucess in the 1910 musical comedy <i>The Fascinating Widow,</i> written by Otto Hauerbach specifically for Eltinge. The play premiered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then toured the United States for 10 months before appearing on Broadway in September 1911. Eltinge is considered to be one of the greatest female impersonators of the 20th century.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0311.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0311.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: post card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 8.89 cm