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Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Carmen with tambourine.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in Carmen costume designed by Valentina, signed "Sincerely Rosa Ponselle."

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle and Enrico Caruso in La Juive with inscription from Caruso. "1.4.1920 a mia figlia diletta, A Rachel cherie, A Rosa rosella nominato Ponsella auguro per lunga vita carriera bella, Enrico Caruso (Eleazor)".

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Leonora, Enrico Caruso as Don Alvaro, and José Mardones as the Abbot in Rosa Ponselle’s Metropolitan Opera debut and the premiere of Puccini’s La Forza del Destino on November 15, 1918.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Mathilde in William Tell with autograph from 1975. Long velour gown with poof sleeves and pearl face-framing headdress and large rock in background. Back has handwritten "Rosa Ponselle as Matilde in Wm Tell"

Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Amneris. Back stamped "From Sundelson Associates, 11 West 42nd Street, New York City Longacre 5-4423" and "Jan 1933" with blurb about Carmela Ponselle singing Amneris in a benefit performance.

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle in "Andrea Chenier" in bonnet and white kerchief. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc." and handwritten "Rosa Ponselle in 'Andrea Chenier'"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Norma with inscription "To Mr. A.H.Jubbs Sincerely Rosa Ponselle" then further down "as 'Norma' January 1928"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Elizabetta in "Don Carlo" in ornate gown with crown band and heavy make up. Back stamped with "Culver Pictures, Inc. and handwritten "Ponselle as Elizabetta in Don Carlo"

Photograph of Rosa Ponselle as Selika in "L'Africaine" by Meyerbeer. Ponselle wears blackface makeup (a staging decision now widely considered racist and offensive) and gold headbands and elaborate beaded jewelry. With inscription "To charming Daisy…