Delightful collection of four (4) cabinet cards of opera singers, sideshow performers, including:

1. Full length studio albumen cabinet card of a bearded lady. New York: Obermiller & Kern. Photographer's imprint to mount recto. The subject wears an attractive dress with an eyelet apron while they display their long and luxious locks.

2. Full length studio cabinet card of Karl Scheidemantel (1849-1923) as Werner in Viktor Nessler's opera "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen." Düsseldorf, Germany: R. Bradengeier, ca 1884. Photographer imprint to mount recto. A theatrical role portrait of famed German baritone Karl Scheidemantel, a celebrated Wagnerian who sang at all Bayreuth festivals from 1886 to 1892. Here he wears his costume with sword and plumed hat while mock playing a trumpet with an embroidered banner.

3. Full length studio cabinet card of opera performer, possibly Theodor Reichman (1849-1903) as the cobbler-poet Hans Sachs in Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg." Dresden, etc., Germany: W. Höffert. Photographer's imprints to mount recto and verso.

4. Three-quarter length studio cabinet card of a performer. Munich, Germany: Gebr. Lützel. Photographer's imprint to mount recto and verso. Probably an opera performer dressed in a detailed costume, strumming a mandolin, and smiling coyly.

[Historic Photography, Early Photography, Albumen, Cabinet Cards, Boudoir Cards, Music History, Opera History, German Opera, Richard Wagner]