Historical Portrait
Louise Dresser, Vaudeville Actress and Silent Film Star, 1910
Archive record
Portrait of Louise Dresser, American vaudeville performer and silent film actress, photographed in San Francisco circa 1910. Public domain historical photograph.
About this photograph
Louise Dresser was an American performer whose career spanned both vaudeville and silent film. This portrait was taken in San Francisco around 1910, when she was active in vaudeville.
The photograph is held by the Internet Archive and comes from material digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes collections from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available online. The source institution is identified in the record as the Museum of Performance and Design.
The photographer is unknown. The dating to 1910 places the portrait during the final years of vaudeville's peak popularity, before cinema became the dominant form of American entertainment in the following decade.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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