Ancona, Mario - Signed Cabinet Photograph 1904 Book small brown stain on bottom

small brown stain on bottom of the first page (outside of the text area)

American composer (1885-1971)

Program for a performance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

shown with his banjo

slight crack in upper right outside the area of the image and signature

Ancona, Mario - Signed Cabinet Photograph 1904 Book small brown stain on bottomItalian baritone (1860 1931) and master of bel canto singing. Original cabinet photograph of the artist shown in role by photographer Mishkin (New York), signed and inscribed by Ancona to the Italian conductor Vincenzo Capezza, dated in New York, 1904. Size is 4. 25 x 6. 5 inches, mounting traces on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.