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Olsen & Johnson Promoting their Show
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Surrounded by onlookers, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are riding in a wire cage on the back of a "Federal" brand truck. The truck is on the bed of another "Federal" brand truck and is used to promote their show "Atrocities of 1932" at the Orpheum Theatre.
April 16, 1932
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Olsen & Johnson Milking Cows
April 16, 1932
Ole Olson and Chic Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932" at the Orpheum.
Olsen & Johnson Milking Cows
April 16, 1932
Olson & Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932."
Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar
April 15, 1932
Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "Atrocities of 1932" performance at the Orp...
Calliope Truck Leading a Parade
August 13, 1932
A "RKO Greater Show Season" truck with signs promoting a show at the RKO Orpheum Theatre, a calliope and two men sitting on top, leading a parade of automobiles on Wisconsin Avenue.
Olsen & Johnson at WISJ
December 14, 1930
Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson at WISJ radio station standing in front of a microphone. One of them is reading a script. John Sharnberg, manager of Orpheum Theatre is standing between Olsen and Johnson....
RKO Show Advertising
August 13, 1932
"RKO Greater Show Season" promotional truck with calliope, and signs advertising Raquel Torres in Fanchon and Marco's "Malibu Beach" and Jack Holt and Ralph Graves in "War Correspondent" at the RKO...
