Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters Beautiful lot of 18 vintage

Beautiful lot of 18 vintage unsigned photographs of the soprano

1901 - composer of marches for band Kenneth J

shown as Manrico in Il Trovatore

Also hand-written and signed on verso

Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters Beautiful lot of 18 vintageAmerican baritone and composer (1897 1943), the first African American artist to succeed in Broadway, getting regularly hired, sang in the original production of Jules Kern's Showboat in 1927. Signed photograph, shown as himself, inscribed and dated in 1931. Stamped on verso by photographer Charles A. Braun, Chicago. Size is 8 x 10 inches, several small creases on edges, otherwise in very good condition.