Oscar Hammerstein I was a German-born businessman, theater impresario, and composer in New York City. His passion for opera led him to open several opera houses, and he rekindled opera's popularity in
Portrait from Who's Who on the Stage, 1906
Hammerstein left) with conductor Cleofonte Campanini in New York City in 1908
The Victoria Theatre was an American vaudeville house during the early years of the twentieth century. Theatre mogul Oscar Hammerstein I opened it in 1899 on the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue and