Lotta Crabtree
| Illustration from the article "Fifty Years of Uncle Tom," by Frank S.
Arnett, in Munsey's Magazine (Vol. 27, No. 6, September
1902: 897-902). Caption: "Lotta Crabtree, who, at the age of eighteen, first played
'Topsy,' afterwards retaining the role in her repertory. From a photograph by Sarony, New York." Click here to see the text this picture illustrates |