Portrait of Stella Adler, 1901–1992. American actress. Daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants from Odessa, Jacob P. Adler and Sara Adler (nee Levitskaia). Born in New York City. For decades, she was regarded as America's foremost acting teacher. She…
A depiction of "an instrument which will shew at any houre of the night, how much the Loadstar is either above or beneath the Pole." This illustration is particularly interesting because a former owner made the instrument by stitching a paper disc…