The pretty young woman seen in this cabinet card photograph is a theater actress named Millie Cook. She was a well-known New York variety entertainer and actress in the 1870’s. She played roles in such productions as “Blue Beard”, “The Female Jack Sheppard” and in Niblo Garden’s ballet extravaganza “Leo and Lotos”. She was also a star at Tony Pastor’s and at the Union Square Theater. Tony Pastor is considered by many to be the “father of American Vaudeville”. Theater Magazine (1918) describes Miss Cook as “a good looker and a fair actress”. This cabinet card portrait was photographed by celebrity photographer, Napoleon Sarony. Note Millie Cook’s birds nest hair-do. SOLD
THE CABINET CARD GALLERY 
A beauty. According to my notes, Millie Cooke was with Lydia Thompson’s Burlesque Co. in 1871 … a sure-fire way to become ‘noticed’. Sarony also made stereo views of her. I had three such poses when I disposed of the collection. (High grade copies are still a delight to the eye.)