This is a postcard that I have of Maude Adams - who I had to look up. No date on the postcard, no address - must have just been a souvenier. The rest of the text is from Wikipedia.
Maude Adams (November 11, 1872 – July 17, 1953) was an American
stage actress, who achieved her greatest success as
Peter Pan.
[1][2]Adams' personality appealed to a large audience and helped her become the most successful
[3][4][5] and highest-paid performer of her day, with a yearly income of more than one million dollars during her peak.
[6]She was often referred to simply as "Maudie" by her fans.
Most of what is known of her ancestry traces through her maternal grandmother, Julia Ann (Banker) Adams. The Banker family came from Plattsburgh, a small town in upstate New York. Maude's great grandfather Platt Banker converted to Mormonism, and it is said that the family migrated to Missouri with the Joseph Smith party. Whether this is true or not, the family did migrate to Missouri, where Julia married Barnabus Adams (a slightly distant cousin of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams). The family migrated to Utah, settling in Salt Lake City where Maude's mother Asaneth Ann "Annie" Adams was born.
The true extent of Maude Adams' Mormonism remains somewhat of a mystery. It was little spoken of in her lifetime, and Adams was known to take long sabbaticals in Catholic rectories. Upon her death she made a gift of one of her homes to one of these places. Because of this, and because her father was not a Mormon, it can be speculated that Maude was not a devout Mormon and perhaps not even a practicing one
Maude Adams was also a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland, and was the sixth cousin five times removed of President John Adams.
I love to read about the history of these old postcards...and wonder about the lives of the people who were so beautifully photographed.
Have a Happy Postcard Friendship Friday.
Katie started a book round robin thingy - and about 10 of us have joined.
