CABINET CARD – TONY PASTOR – AUTOGRAPHED  – PERFORMER AND THEATRE OWNER
Cabinet card, 4 ¼ x 6 ½, autographed “ Yours truly Tony Pastor” on bottom of mount.
Sarony, NY photographer’s imprint. Back of mount is blank.
Tony Pastor (1837 – 1908), born Antonio Pestritto, he was a key figure in the development of vaudeville, a form of entertainment popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He managed his own theater, Tony Pastor's Opera House, and organized traveling minstrel troupes. He is known for cleaning up variety acts and making them more palatable for a broader audience, and became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century. He was sometimes referred to as the "Dean of Vaudeville".
Exhibits some light use and wear, overall Fine condition cc et 891 pastor