Carte de visite and cabinet card portraits of German royals, actors, singers, composers, musicians, and directors.
“One afternoon I wandered into a small antique shop in the little village of Dornach, Switzerland, near Basel. Scattered atop a table was a large group of photographs that had come from a single album. among the cabinet card photographs were portraits of a woman wearing many different theatrical costumes. Upon closer examination, one of the cabinet cards was autographed Rosa Levaboppe, Lugano, 1925. The cabinet card photographers were E. Bieber and J.C. Scharwachter and many had embossed dates. The items were cheaply priced and easily carried, so thirteen were purchased.