Ca 1925 Raquel Meller in Paris *Art Nouveau*Topless*Swenjiska*Rhouma-Je*
Raquel Meller (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962),
born as Francisca Romana Marqués López, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas. A vaudeville performer, she sang the original versions of well known songs such as “La Violetera” and “El relicario”, both written by José Padilla Sánchez.
Shrouding herself with an exotic sounding name and persona,
Gypsy
Rhoumaje
struck the big time in London and Paris from 1926 and delighted
fashionable continental audiences with her exotic style of dancing and
her own personal beauty. Of course nobody, least of all journalists,
could spell her name right with several attempts that included Gypsy
Rohoumage, Gypsy Roumahje, Gypsy Rhouma-je and Gypsy Rhouma.
Gypsy Rhoumaje was American, born 11th July 1908 in Arkansas although in
later years some reports claimed she had been born in South America.
She came from a well-known American family being the grand-niece of the
great American President Ulysses S. Grant who defeated Robert E. Lee
(18th president 1869-1877).   All attempts to locate her true identity
and her link to the Grant family have proved elusive but she may well
have been a descendant of the President’s brother Orvil Lynch Grant or
sister Mary Francis Grant.
See photos for condition details.  Corner bent – will unfold with time.  Cover bottom short tears.  Overall super condition for nearing 100 years
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