ON CARUSO: "HE POURED HIS WONDERFUL VOICE INTO MY HAND" KELLER, HELEN. Postcard...
ON CARUSO: "HE POURED HIS WONDERFUL VOICE INTO MY HAND" KELLER, HELEN. Postcard Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "With Love / Helen Keller," in pencil, with Autograph Note, to Mrs. John Hays Hammond, on verso: "He poured his wonderful voice into my hand and my soul was filled with music," in pencil. The photograph, snapshot showing Keller with her hand over the mouth of Enrico Caruso. Signed vertically in the blank right margin. 3 1/4x5 1/4 inches; some impressions from cancellation postmark verso, cello tape remnants of mounting at right edge verso. Parkersburg, 22 May 1916 [from postmark]
Estimate $500 - 750
On April 24, 1916, in Atlanta, GA, Enrico Caruso gave a private performance for Helen Keller of the opening aria of the third act from Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah.
Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $1,250
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ON CARUSO: "HE POURED HIS WONDERFUL VOICE INTO MY HAND" KELLER, HELEN. Postcard Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "With Love / Helen Keller," in pencil, with Autograph Note, to Mrs. John Hays Hammond, on verso: "He poured his wonderful voice into my hand and my soul was filled with music," in pencil. The photograph, snapshot showing Keller with her hand over the mouth of Enrico Caruso. Signed vertically in the blank right margin. 3 1/4x5 1/4 inches; some impressions from cancellation postmark verso, cello tape remnants of mounting at right edge verso. Parkersburg, 22 May 1916 [from postmark]
Estimate $500 - 750
On April 24, 1916, in Atlanta, GA, Enrico Caruso gave a private performance for Helen Keller of the opening aria of the third act from Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah.
Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $1,250