Folder: Portraits. Theater. Tetrazzini, Luisa.
Written on front (script): "It was in San Francisco I sang for the first time in this great country. The people welcomed me and said the world would love me someday as San Francisco does. But I love no city more than this one. It is a joy to me that the California Christmas weather allows me to sing safely in the open air that all my friends may hear me.--Luisa Tetrazzini."
Written on front (typeset): "Tetrazzini's Christmas carol. One of the most remarkable street scenes in the history of the world. On Christmas eve, 1910, in San Francisco, a quarter of a million people of all classes stood listening under the stars while one of the world's greatest singers poured forth her priceless song as a gift to the city that discovered her. Tetrazzini san joyously, with no fear of the open air, for the December night was soft and quiet. She sang 'The last rose of Summer,' but in the home gardens of the city a myriad of roses were blooming daily. Tetrazzini's gift to San Francisco--a tribute to all California--has been heard around the world. It recognized that favored land as an enchanted garden where Christmas means roses and orange-blossoms, clear skies and the constant song of birds.--©1957, copy, H.Blair"
Stamped on back: "H. Blair 4308-23rd St. S.F. Calif. [strike through 145] 144."
Negative #7869 (not all text on negative)