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Ralph Lyford, Ass't Conductor, Boston Opera -- with Mrs. R. Lyford (Ella Gillis) of Ballet – Vintage Wall Art

Ralph Lyford, Ass't Conductor, Boston Opera -- with Mrs. R. Lyford (Ella Gillis) of Ballet, n/a — historic photograph
Ralph Lyford, Ass't Conductor, Boston Opera -- with Mrs. R. Lyford (Ella Gillis) of Ballet, n/a. Historic photograph from the Boston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Ralph Lyford, Ass't Conductor, Boston Opera -- with Mrs. R. Lyford (Ella Gillis) of Ballet in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Ralph Lyford, Ass't Conductor, Boston Opera -- with Mrs. R. Lyford (Ella Gillis) of Ballet

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This glass negative pairs a conductor with his wife, a dancer, which sets it apart from the other Boston pictures on the board: Ralph Lyford is identified as assistant conductor of the Boston Opera, and Mrs. Lyford, born Ella Gillis, as a member of the company's ballet. The Boston Opera Company gave seasons at the Boston Opera House in the years before the First World War, and a backstage portrait like this would have been made for the press to publicize its performers. The Bain News Service, a New York agency, produced most of the images in this collection, and its caption details were not always checked, so the names here are best treated as the agency's own record. The date is not recorded, but the Bain archive's pictures are generally from the early 1900s through the 1920s.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan4,244 × 5,845 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-17310

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