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Vaudeville (U.S.) programs

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Vaudeville (U.S.) programs, 1907.

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Mixed materialSupervised use MWEZ+ n.c. 11911Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Programs for vaudeville openings from January through December 1907. Programs are primarily for the presentations by the B. F. Keith, Klaw & Erlanger, and Orpheum circuits at venues including the Academy of Music, Alhambra, Atlantic Garden, Bright Beach Music Hall, Colonial, Hammerstein's Victoria and Paradise Roof Garden, Keith and Proctor's 23rd Street, Keith and Proctor's 5th Avenue, Keith and Proctor's 58th Street, Keith and Proctor's 125th Street, Keith and Proctor's Harlem Opera House, Keith and Proctor's Union Square, Majestic, Murray Hill, New York, Orpheum, Palace, Pastor's, Savoy, Waldmann's Opera House, and Yorkville Theatres in New York City. Also included is a program for a vaudeville performance and ball for the New York County section of the Socialist Labor Party. Some other cities, including Boston, Elizabeth (N.J.), Fort Smith (Ark.), Malden (Mass.), Newark (N.J.), Portland (Me.), and Troy (N.Y.), are also represented.
  • Notable performers include Edward Arden, Eugenie Blair, Belle Blanche, Harry Bulger, Carletta, Carmencita, Leo Carillo, Benjamin Chapin, Maggie Cline, Henry Clive, Josephine Cohan, Sally Cohen, Nina Collins, Clifton Crawford, Henrietta Crosman, Peter F. Dailey, Anold Daly, Sydney Deane, Henri De Vries, Dixie Serenaders, William A. Dillon, Marie Dressler, Sidney Drew, Gracie Emmett, Enigmarelle, Elfie Fay, W. C. Fields, Lee Tung Foo, Madge Fox, Eugenie Fougère, Irene Franklin, Cliff Gordon, William Gould, Artie Hall, Leon and Marie Herrmann, Robert Hilliard, Gertrude Hoffman, Ernest Hogan, Houdini, Elsie Janis, Carroll Johnson, Irving Jones, William J. Kelley, John T. Kelly, Walter C. Kelly, Lillie Langtry, Harry Lauder, Anna Laughlin, Eddie Leonard, Bert Leslie, Bert Levy, Ethel Levey, Maurice Levi, Harry Linton, Alice Lloyd, Marie Lloyd, Agnes Mahr, Winsor McCay, George Mozart, Fred Niblo, George Primrose, Arthur Prince, Edward F. Reynard, Fanny Rice, John C. Rice, Will Rogers, Julian Rose, the Russell Brothers, Josie Sadler, Lillian Shaw, Lew Sully, Valeska Surat, Eva Tanguay, Howard Truesdell, May Tully, Billy Van, Vasco, Vesta Victoria, Harry Vokes, Harry Von Tilzer, Nellie Wallace, Ben Welch, Bransby Williams, Williams and Walker, and Bessie Wynn. Also of note is the inclusion of motion picture presentations in many programs, including Vitagraphs, and using the Kinetograph and Proctorscope.
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Programs.
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MWEZ+ n.c. 11911
Title
Vaudeville (U.S.) programs, 1907.
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