Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters known for a wide range

known for a wide range of lyric repertoire

Beautiful lot of 18 vintage unsigned photographs of the soprano

shown as Manrico in Il Trovatore

Italian tenor (1875-1952)

1901 - composer of marches for band Kenneth J

Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters known for a wide rangeAmerican baritone and composer (1897 1943), the first African American artist to succeed in Broadway, getting regularly hired, sang in the original production of Jules Kern's Showboat in 1927. Signed photograph, shown as himself, inscribed and dated in 1931. Stamped on verso by photographer Charles A. Braun, Chicago. Size is 8 x 10 inches, several small creases on edges, otherwise in very good condition.