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

first woman member of the Italian Academy (1940)

Size is 18

by Benque & Company

Photo is 10

Los Angeles

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