Maude Adams Peter Pan Postcard Lot 28 Vintage Rotograph Somewhere in Time For Sale

Twenty-Eight Vintage Maude Adams Postcards: Peter Pan, L\'Aiglon, Her Homes and a Chicago Theatre Advertising Card

This lot includes 28 vintage Maude Adams postcards from the early 1900s, covering her famous stage roles, studio portraits, a Peter Pan stage scene and the homes connected to her life. Publishers include Rotograph, Otto Sarony Co., Burr McIntosh, Taber, Theatre Magazine and Frank S. Thayer of Denver.

Highlights

• Taber Bas-Relief embossed L\'Aiglon card with applied glitter and jeweled accents
• Theatre Magazine Series No. 3, Maude Adams in The Jesters, in color
• Rotograph B 1948 stage scene, \"Maude Adams and Her Wolves, in Peter Pan Act II\"
• The States Restaurant, State & Adams Sts., Chicago advertising card featuring Maude Adams in \"Peter Pan\" at the Illinois Theatre
• Hand-colored \"Miss Maude Adams\" Peter Pan portrait in a feathered cap
• Peter Pan card with a period handwritten inscription reading \"Grand Opera House, Apr 22–27, \'07,\" believed to record a performance date from the 1907 tour
• 1901 Burr McIntosh copyright L\'Aiglon card in color

Peter Pan

• Full-length studio portraits in costume
• The well-known pan-pipes pose
• Bust and seated portraits
• Otto Sarony Co. photographic images

L\'Aiglon and Studio Portraits

• L\'Aiglon portraits in uniform and bicorne hat
• Hand-tinted portraits in blue and rose tones
• Profile and high-collar studio portraits
• A card inscribed \"From your Friend\"

Maude Adams Homes (7 cards)

• Three views of her birthplace in Salt Lake City, Utah, including a Frank S. Thayer card and one with an inset portrait of Adams as L\'Aiglon
• \"Maud Adams Cottage, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.\" in color
• Two views of her Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island home, including \"Sandygarth\" in color
• A sepia view of a wooded residence

Publishers and Numbers

• Rotograph Series B 107, B 216, B 219, B 1132, B 1442, B 1444, B 1820 and B 1948
• Otto Sarony Co., Burr McIntosh, Taber Bas-Relief, Theatre Magazine, P.C. Post Card Co. and Frank S. Thayer
• A mix of undivided and divided backs, several with period postmarks and handwritten messages

About Maude Adams

• America\'s most celebrated stage actress of the early 1900s, and the highest-paid performer of her era
• The first American Peter Pan, opening the role on Broadway in 1905 and playing it more than 1,500 times
• Closely associated with playwright J.M. Barrie
• Her portrait inspired Richard Matheson\'s novel that became the 1980 film Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
• Born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1872

Who This Lot Is For

• Theatre and Broadway history collectors
• Peter Pan and J.M. Barrie collectors
• Somewhere in Time fans
• Utah, Long Island, Catskills and Chicago postcard collectors
• Vintage actress postcard collectors

Condition

• See photos for condition and backs. Cards appear to range from good to very good with varying condition by each.
• 13 of the 19 portrait cards appear unused.

What You Receive

• All 28 postcards shown

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