Pons, Lily - Photo, Letter and Program Collection Autographs Composers - Manuscripts first woman member of the

first woman member of the Italian Academy (1940)

also baritone

november 8th 1925

1 page for the 1909 program

considered one of the greatest violinists of the 19th century

Pons, Lily - Photo, Letter and Program Collection Autographs Composers - Manuscripts first woman member of theStar French born soprano (1898 1976), active in opera and film in more than 5 decades. Large archive of mostly unsigned photographs of her in performances, with personalities, travelling, personal, etc. Several hundreds of photographs, mostly black and white, around half of the lot are 8 x 10 inches, the rest in smaller size. While many are stamped on verso by a photographer or photo studio, most are not stamped. Also included are several letters