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BARA THEDA: (1885-1955) American silent film actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Bara in appealing head and shoulders pose wearing a wide brimmed hat. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the image, partially across a darker area (making a few words of the inscription illegible) and dated 1916 in her hand. One very light, extremely minimal vertical surface crease to the centre, otherwise VG

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BARA THEDA: (1885-1955) American silent film actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Bara in appealing head and shoulders pose wearing a wide brimmed hat. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the image, partially across a darker area (making a few words of the inscription illegible) and dated 1916 in her hand. One very light, extremely minimal vertical surface crease to the centre, otherwise VG

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