Pons, Lily - Photo, Letter and Program Collection Autographs Composers - Manuscripts first woman member of the

first woman member of the Italian Academy (1940)

Italian pianist and teacher (1901-1989)

also baritone

1 page for the 1909 program

Group of 17 unsigned photos of Maria Callas at Teatro La Scala

Pons, Lily - Photo, Letter and Program Collection Autographs Composers - Manuscripts first woman member of theStar French born soprano (1898 1976), active in opera and film in more than 5 decades. Large archive of mostly unsigned photographs of her in performances, with personalities, travelling, personal, etc. Several hundreds of photographs, mostly black and white, around half of the lot are 8 x 10 inches, the rest in smaller size. While many are stamped on verso by a photographer or photo studio, most are not stamped. Also included are several letters