Brown Herold (2 results)

Plastic Comb. Condition: Good. Good plastic-comb bound hardback about 8x10½ inches showing edgewear and rubbing to the boards. Unpginated, unmarked. No date (circa 1943) . Joan Smith, Bob Bass, Moo Edwards, Joan Harris, Mar. Harris, Gill Murray, Arnie Halporn, George Levinger, Pat O'Brien, Cyn Bregman, Bill Barrett, Jan Gucker, Ginny Brown, Peter Strong, Ruth Simpson, Don Spence Hildy Herold, Roger BGart, Bobby Bernstein, Joanne Joslin, Ethan Davis, et al [dp50 1213]. ; Ashlf; 10.50 X 8 X 0.50 inches; Unpaginated pages.

Condition: Very good. Julian Eltinge (1881/18831941) was an American actor and "female impersonator"in today's terms, a drag performerfrom Newtonville, Massachusetts. Eltinge's drag career began at age ten, and by the early 1900s he was touring internationally, performing a vaudeville act wherein the "audience was completely deceived as to Eltinge's sex until he removed his wig"[1]. This portrait shows Eltinge seated in costume. On the reverse is written "Julian Eltinge Hippodrome March 12", and the front is signed "Herold Brown" (this signature does not appear to belong to commercial photographer Harold M. Brown). A stamp is legible that dates the photograph to the 1920s, though the exact year is not legible. Eltinge has been described as "without question, the most famous female impersonator of all time" (ibid.). [1] Slide, Anthony, "Julian Eltinge," in The Vaudevillians: A Dictionary of Vaudeville Performers (Westport, Connecticut: Arlington House, 1981), 46. Approximately 10 x 13 inches. Some tears and chips at edges, very good contrast, editorial overpainting on recto, overall very good. Marks on verso reading "Julian Eltinge Hippodrome March 12".