Antique 1890's Newsboy Burlesque Cabinet Photos N566 #12 Sylvia Gerrish (1860-1906). Died Tragically

Antique 1890's Newsboy Burlesque Cabinet Photos N566 #12 Sylvia Gerrish. Sylvia Gerrish (born Lillian M. Rollins; May 1860 – December 8, 1906) was an American musical theatre performer who found success in New York and London in the 1880s and early 1890s. She was known as "The Girl with the Poetical Legs" She died a tragic death after a disastrous affair and near bankruptcy of living conditions in New York City. Her lover who married at the time, refused to break off and was exiled from his father's vast fortune. After his wife died, they married and he sued his father's estate but ran out of money and died. Leaving Sylvia with all the creditors hounding her. She fell and broke her ankle and shortly thereafter died in her mansion due to what is reported as poor living conditions.

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Notes: faded condition due to age. See photos.

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