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"In Dahomey" Stars

Date: 1902
Description: George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African...
Photograph

Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1907
Description: Valeska Suratt's early fame was for her elaborate costumes, wasp waist, ample bosom and hips. She appeared in the 1906 musical The Belle of Mayfair ...
Postcard

Billie Burke, James Blakeley, and Maude Percival

Date: 1903
Description: The cast members Billie Burke, James Blakeley, and Maude Percival as characters from The School Girl. Billie Burke was a hit when she sang "Put M...
Postcard

Billie Burke, G.P. Huntley, and Norma Whalley

Date: 1903
Description: Billie Burke, G.P. Huntley, and Norma Whalley as characters from The School Girl. Billie Burke was a hit when she sang "Put Me in My Little Canoe...
Postcard

Miss Billie Burke

Date: 1905
Description: Billie Burke wearing a lovely white dress and large hat decorated with roses in a nearly full length publicity postcard distributed in 1905 for her appeara...
Poster

Poster for "The Tourists"

Date: 1906
Description: Color Lithograph. In a caption box at top is the banner "Sam. S. & Lee Schubert (inc) Offer the Merry Musical Comedy" followed in larger block letters by "...
Poster

Poster for "A Modern Cinderella"

Date: 1901
Description: Color lithograph poster announcing “A Notable Production of the Last Word in Musical Comedy A Modern Cinderella/Book & Lyrics by Caspar Nathan/Music by Ham...
Poster

Poster for "A Modern Cinderella"

Date: 1901
Description: Color lithograph poster announcing “A Notable Production of the Last Word in Musical Comedy A Modern Cinderella”/”Book & Lyrics by Caspar Nathan”/”Music by...

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