The First Woman on Film in America
Carmencita [Carmen Dauset Moreno] [Cabinet Card Photograph]
A mounted photograph of the Spanish dancer Carmencita, who was a popular entertainer in New York from 1889 to 1895. She posed for portraits by John Singer Sargent and WIlliam Merritt Chase. In 1894, Thomas Edison asked her to dance in front of his new motion picture camera. According to.....
Price: $400