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  • TitleMiss Ethel Barrymore
  • Call NumberPOST_0488
  • SummaryStudio portrait of stage and film actress Ethel Barrymore. Caption on recto: "Miss Ethel Barrymore who will appear in 'Alice-Sit-By-the-Fire' at the New Montauk, week of November 5th." The play, Alice-Sit-By-the-Fire, is a comedy written by James M. Barrie in 1919. The postcard is not dated.
  • Date[192-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 6 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraitspostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto.
  • SubjectBarrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959 ; Actresses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States
  • CollectionBrooklyn Eagle Postcard collection
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Eagle Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.