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1. .5 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. 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.
2. 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.

Subject

1. Arden, Edwin, 1864-1918
2. Blair, Eugenie, approximately 1868-1922
3. Blanche, Belle
4. Brooks, Herbert
5. Bulger, Harry
6. Carletta
7. Carmencita
8. Carrillo, Leo, 1880-1961.
9. Chapin, Benjamin Chester, 1874-1918
10. Cline, Maggie, 1857-1934
11. Clive, Henry, 1882-1960
12. Cohan, Josephine, 1876-1916
13. Cohen, Sally, vaudevillian
14. Collins, Nina.
15. Corrigan, Emmett, 1867-1932
16. Crawford, Clifton
17. Crosman, Henrietta, 1861-1944
18. Dailey, Peter F., 1863-1908
19. Daly, Arnold, 1875-1927
20. Deane, Sydney
21. De Vries, Henri, 1864-1949
22. Dillon, William A., 1877-1966
23. Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934
24. Drew, Sidney, 1864-1919
25. Emmett, Gracie
26. Enigmarelle (Fictitious character)
27. Fay, Elfie
28. Fields, W. C. 1880-1946
29. Foo, Lee Tung, 1875-1966
30. Fox, Madge
31. Fougère, Eugenie
32. Franklin, Irene
33. Gordon, Cliff
34. Gould, William
35. Hall, Artie, c.1881–1906
36. Herrmann, Leon, 1867-1909
37. Herrmann, Marie
38. Hilliard, Robert Cochran, 1857-1927
39. Hoffman, Gertrude
40. Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909
41. Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
42. Janis, Elsie, 1889-1956
43. Johnson, Carroll, 1851-1917
44. Jones, Irving
45. Kelley, William J
46. Kelly, John T., 1855-1922
47. Kelly, Walter C
48. Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929
49. Lauder, Harry, Sir, 1870-1950
50. Laughlin, Anna, 1885-1937
51. Leonard, Eddie, 1875-1941
52. Leslie, Bert
53. Levy, Bert
54. Levey, Ethel, -1955
55. Levi, Maurice
56. Linton, Harry
57. Lloyd, Alice, 1873-1949
58. Lloyd, Marie, 1870-1922
59. Mahr, Agnes
60. McCay, Winsor
61. Mozart, George, 1864-1947
62. Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948
63. Primrose, George
64. Prince, Arthur
65. Proctor, F. F. 1851-1929
66. Reynard, Edward F
67. Rice, Fanny, 1859-1936
68. Rice, John C
69. Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
70. Rose, Julian
71. Sadler, Josie, -1927
72. Shaw, Lillian
73. Sully, Lew
74. Suratt, Valeska, 1882-1962
75. Tanguay, Eva, 1878-1947
76. Truesdale, Howard, 1861-1941
77. Tully, May, -1924
78. Van, Billy B.
79. Vasco
80. Vesta Victoria
81. Vokes, Harry, 1866-1925
82. Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946
83. Wallace, Nellie, 1870-1948
84. Welch, Ben
85. Walker, George, 1873-1911
86. Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
87. Williams, Bransby, 1870-1961
88. Wynn, Bessie, 1876-1968
89. Dixie Serenaders
90. Klaw & Erlanger
91. Russell Brothers
92. B. F. Keith (Firm)
93. B. F. Keith's Theatre (Organization : Boston, Mass.)
94. B. F. Keith's Colonial Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
95. B. F. Keith's Palace Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
96. Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
97. Academy of Music (New York, N.Y.)
98. Orpheum Theatre (Boston, Mass.)
99. Socialist Labor Party
100. Howard Athenaeum
101. Alhambra Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
102. Orpheum Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
103. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 20th century
104. Vaudeville > New York (State) > New York
105. Vaudeville > United States

Genre/Form

1. Programs.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 11911

Title

1. Vaudeville (U.S.) programs, 1907.

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1. MWEZ+ n.c. 11911