Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters shown as Manrico in Il

shown as Manrico in Il Trovatore

1901 - composer of marches for band Kenneth J

Also hand-written and signed on verso

all from the period 1920-1926

known for a wide range of lyric repertoire

Bledsoe, Jules - Signed Photograph 1931 Autographs Singers Letters shown as Manrico in IlAmerican 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.