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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 6999, member: 33"]I did a little more looking this afternoon... remembering that my library recently started a subscription to newspaperarchive dot com, I looked there. I found a few things -- An article from the Boston Daily Globe in 1900 that covered the story of Adelaide running off with Dr. Sutorius said that she "was in the chorus of 'The King of the Opium Ring' at the Academy of music last season." And I've found a few brief mentions of that show. Another article said that she aspired to sing in operas. So definitely not a concert pianist.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of the articles have pictures of her. One is a drawing and I don't know if it's really intended to look like her. The other one might have been based on a photograph, but doesn't really look like one so is probably some drawing based on a photo. I can't really link it here, I don't think. It's not a good resolution and I have the whole newspaper page saved as a pdf. -- I've looked at it next to my photo, and it could be the same person but the pdf is not a good enough image to tell for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 6999, member: 33"]I did a little more looking this afternoon... remembering that my library recently started a subscription to newspaperarchive dot com, I looked there. I found a few things -- An article from the Boston Daily Globe in 1900 that covered the story of Adelaide running off with Dr. Sutorius said that she "was in the chorus of 'The King of the Opium Ring' at the Academy of music last season." And I've found a few brief mentions of that show. Another article said that she aspired to sing in operas. So definitely not a concert pianist. A couple of the articles have pictures of her. One is a drawing and I don't know if it's really intended to look like her. The other one might have been based on a photograph, but doesn't really look like one so is probably some drawing based on a photo. I can't really link it here, I don't think. It's not a good resolution and I have the whole newspaper page saved as a pdf. -- I've looked at it next to my photo, and it could be the same person but the pdf is not a good enough image to tell for sure.[/QUOTE]
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