LAUDER (Sir Harry, 1870-1950, Scottish Music Hall Entertainer)

Fine Vintage Postcard Photo by the White Studio of New York, signed and inscribed, “Stop yer ticklin Jock”, showing him full length, wearing full Scottish costume, 7½” x 5¼” in photographer’s mount 10¾” x 6¾, no place but New York, no date but circa

For twenty-years from 1905 to 1925 White Studio was Broadway's foremost photographer of stage production. Founded by New York saloonkeeper Luther S. White (1857-1936), this photographic agency employed a series of cameramen from 1903 to 1936, some talented, some not, who recorded hundreds of performers and thousands of productions of the American stage.
Lauder was described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador", who "... by his inspiring songs and valiant life, rendered measureless service to the Scottish race and to the British Empire." He became a familiar worldwide figure promoting images like the kilt and the cromach (walking stick) to huge acclaim, especially in America. He first toured America in 1907. The following year, he performed a private show before Edward VII at Sandringham, and in 1911, he again toured the United States where he commanded $1,000 a night. He was, at one time, the highest-paid performer in the world.

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Stock No:  42488      £125

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