Postcard of the week ending
Saturday, 20 February 2010

Florence Warde and Minnie Baker (fl. early 20th Century),
English dancers, as they appeared during the run of
The Spring Chicken, Gaiety Theatre, London, 1905-1906

Florence Warde as Celeste and Minnie Baker as one of the grisettes
in The Spring Chicken, Gaiety Theatre, London, 1905-1906

(photo: Dover Street Studios, London, 1905/06)

This postcard, a mechanical print resembling a real photograph, was issued by the Aristophot Co of London, no. E 1066, during 1905 or 1906. Florence Warde and Minnie Baker, both dancers, appeared at one time or another in The Spring Chicken at the Gaiety Theatre, London, which ran for 374 performances from 30 May 1905 to 6 June 1906. * * * * * * * *

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