Portrait of Julia Marlowe

ID: 797 ~ Source: Theatrical Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014635831/ ~ Creator: Strobridge & Co. Lith. ~ Date: c. 1899
This file appears in: Julia Marlowe and Madame Brough's Saloon on Front Street: The Boneyfiddle Childhood of a World-Famous Actress and Women's Voting Rights Activist

Julia Marlowe (1865-1950), formerly Fanny Brough, spent her childhood in the Boneyfiddle district of Portsmouth, Ohio, where she lived with her mother Madame Brough, the keeper of a saloon and brothel. In the 1880s Marlowe became a world famous Shakespearean actress and supporter of women’s voting rights.

This file appears in: Julia Marlowe and Madame Brough's Saloon on Front Street: The Boneyfiddle Childhood of a World-Famous Actress and Women's Voting Rights Activist