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O'Brien Sisters

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
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  • The dance score
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  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
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  • America
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division Photograph files

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Variety dancing

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Variety dancing - United States, [Photographs: general]

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Title
O'Brien Sisters
Names
Strand (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Photograph files

Topics

Variety dancing

Variety dancing - United States, [Photographs: general]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1875 - 1923
Date Issued: 1910 - 1923 (Approximate)
Place: New York
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZEA (Variety dancing - United States)
Shelf locator: *MGZEA (Variety dancing - United States, no. 401-402)
Topics
Variety dancing
Vaudeville -- United States
Variety dancing -- United States
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: "The O'Brien Sisters, Virginia and Marjorie, daughters of T.W. 'Chicago' O'Brien, the turfman, who reached stellar heights at Keith-Albee Palace Theatre, with Charlie King'sRevue after a short time in show business."--Hand-written on verso of no. 401.
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project
Content: Publicity photographs of the O'Brien Sisters, perhaps twins, wearing identical costumes with short skirts, doingparallel movements.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Statement of responsibility: photographs by Strand.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 photographic prints : b ; 22 x 19 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12172073
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14912205
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F1949
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dfce9c40-c642-012f-b8b4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1875: Created (Approximate)
  • 1910: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "O'Brien Sisters" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875 - 1923. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e9347f8-e3eb-eb60-e040-e00a18064810

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "O'Brien Sisters" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 20, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e9347f8-e3eb-eb60-e040-e00a18064810

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1875 - 1923). O'Brien Sisters Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e9347f8-e3eb-eb60-e040-e00a18064810

Wikipedia Citation

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O'Brien Sisters