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189021271New York 1890. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong 24mo. black cloth scrapbook with compiler's intials printed in gilt on cover. Contains ~171 leaves with pasted cut-outs of photos and illustrated portraits of stars about 65 in total with orginal typewritten in blue ribbon but top copy biographical information for each. About near fine overall. Light soil to rear board. First leaf detached but otherwise sound throughout and clean with just a bit of wrinkling near glued portraits. <br/><br/>A carefully assembled and impressively detailed set of photos and bios of contemporary American and British actors singers and athletes about 42 of whom are men and 23 women. A few of their names include: Mittens Willett Katie Putnam Mollie Thompson Maude Wilson Hattie Delaro Captain Jack Crawford De Wolf Hopper Frederick Barham Warde William P. Davidge Frank Daniels and Matthew Kilroy. The theatre performers worked in a variety of styles including vaudeville opera and burlesque. Toward the end of the book the focus shifts to athletes all of whom are men: many baseball players in the National League as well as runners rowers and a bicyclist. The scrapbook's biographies are quite detailed some spanning as long as six pages with information presumably gathered from newspapers; likely also the source of the stars' portraits. An absorbing record compiled by an engaged fan during the embryonic stages of celebrity-focused media in the US. hardcover books