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1910List3655New York / Chicago / London: M. Witmark & Sons 1910. Folio sheet music 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Color pictorial cover. Light wear and minor creasing to edges; very good overall. A lively Irish-themed novelty song promoted as “Emma Carus’ Great Irish Song Hit†issued by the major popular music publisher M. Witmark & Sons. The cover illustration shows Carus dancing before a marching crowd carrying a banner reading “Home Rule†evoking the Irish nationalist movement then a prominent political issue both in Ireland and among Irish-American communities. Emma Carus 1879–1927 was a well-known American vaudeville performer and comic singer who appeared widely in theaters and variety shows during the early twentieth century. Born in New York she became a popular stage personality through novelty songs and character performances often introducing new numbers that were quickly issued in sheet music by publishers such as Witmark. The present piece with lyrics by Bob Harty and music by Ernest Breuer reflects the continuing popularity of Irish-themed songs in American vaudeville and popular music during the period when political themes such as Irish Home Rule frequently appeared in theatrical songs and stage sketches aimed at Irish-American audiences. We find a copy with a variant cover in commerce but not this design. M. Witmark & Sons unknown
191559794Chicago IL & Santa Monica CA: Streeter-Bryan Stock Co. Blance Bryan & Morrill Streeter ca. 1915. One silver gelatin real photo postcard sepia-tinted AZO stamp box on verso bearing four triangles at corners point upwards carefully trimmed to 3.5 x 4.5 in. as advertising trade card slightly over-exposed minor dustsoiling still very bright image from the collection of Blanche Bryan Streeter. This promotional sample RPPC advertising the talents of the Streeter-Bryan Stock Co. prima donna with miniature “head-shot†photos tracing her career from Vaudeville ingenue to successful singer along the circuit. Bryan 1879-1976 starred and promoted with her husband Morrill Streeter 1866-1948 playing in productions across the Midwest Oklahoma and Southwest. She starred in three silent movies in 1915 including The Man in the Attic The Sons of Satan and His Vindication. Their “Land of Joy Girls†ran in 1917 for months and were noted for their magnificent costumes & scenery from the Rose Company of Chicago. The pair were also well known at the time for their 1923 automobile vaudeville tour “Plugging Expedition†through Illinois Missouri Colorado Texas New Mexico and California featuring well-appointed automobile and trailer with camping equipment and supplies. Streeter-Bryan Stock Co., Blance Bryan & Morrill Streeter, unknown
192363201New York: George H. Doran 1923. 8vo. xiv 337 1 pp. Frontisp. numerous illustrations plates photos. Gray publisher’s cloth red lettering minor dustsoiling & slight foxing to fore-edges of textblock w/ d.j. cover art by James Montgomery Flagg minor dustsoiling rubbing faint stain soiling to spine still VG-/G- copy. First edition of this thrilling and inspirational story of the famed pioneering journalist publicist for P.T. Barnum Circus the Olympic Music Hall agent for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit and more. She represented Al Jolson Will Rogers Lillian Russell and many others. In 1919 she lost her life savings to a bad investment and was confined to a hospital for 5 years in cast and braces because of a paralyzing back injury. This inspirational story was written with one hand holding a pencil and moving over a pad of paper while flat on her back. Illustrations were contributed to this memoir by Rube Goldberg James Montgomery Flagg Tony Sarg Thornton Fisher Ed Hughes and others. Scarce in dustjacket. George H. Doran, hardcover
1938000012475n.p.: n.p. 1938. Photograph. Very Good. 61 cm x 48 cm. Glossy black and white photograph. The photograph depicts from left to right: Chico Harpo and Groucho Marx all gathered around a harp with cheeky expressions on their faces. The harp that is pictured is the one that was used in their 1939 film At the Circus. The Marx Brothers got their start in Vaudeville but would go on to make several motion pictures in the first days of the Silver Screen. Thirteen of their films have been rated in the AFI's top 100 comedic motion pictures: their impact on cinema cannot be overstated. The brothers were sons of German-Jewish immigrants and their mother Minnie acted as their manager until her passing in 1929. In this photograph going left to right the three oldest Marx brothers are shown Chico or Leonard Marx Adolph or Harpo and the youngest of the three Julius or Groucho Marx. A few pinholes and light wear to the corners of the photograph. n.p. unknown
192439161Vaudeville Managers Protective Association 1924. vg-. Vaudeville Managers Protective Association unknown
19018816351, rue des Ecoles, Paris, Charles Schmid 1901 In-folio demi basane bleue, légèrement insolée revues illustrées de 44 planches hors-texte 308 pages. pales rousseurs. Bon état d’occasion.
19038816151, rue des Ecoles, Paris, Charles Schmid 1903 In-folio demi basane bleue, dos à à nerfs encadrés de double filets dorés. Illustrations de 33 planches Hors-texte gravures et caricatures contrecollées.212+ Supplément à l’art du théâtre CXIIpp.. Bon état d’occasion.
19441062661944 A Paris, Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques - 1944 - In-quarto (25 x 30 cm), feuillets libres sous jaquette papier rempliée + chemise et emboîtage cartonnés neutres - Illustrations (eaux-fortes) en N&B hors-texte de Michel Ciry sous serpentes - 268 pages - Tirage limité à 315 exemplaires. L'un des 50 exemplaires sur Auvergne pur chiffon à la main avec une suite sur Berzélius des gravures - Numéroté N° 59
19152788431915. unbound. very good. Signed 1915 Columbia Records release #A - 1855 one of the earliest comedy releases ever put on phonograph discs featuring a skit titled "Trust Scene" boldly etched into the dead wax and partly on the record labels: "Joe Weber - Lew Fields." The B side of this record has mechanically etched signatures of the performers. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> Immensely popular Polish-Jewish comedy team who at the height of their stage success opened up their own Broadway venue in 1896 and booked some of the greatest talent of the early 20th century. Included in this roster are Gallagher and Sheen The Marx Brothers Ted Healy and his Three Stooges Jimmy Durante and W.C. Fields. They are also credited with recording some of the earliest known comedy phonograph records between 1912 and 1915.<br/> <br/> unknown
19152788431915. unbound. very good. Signed 1915 Columbia Records release #A - 1855 one of the earliest comedy releases ever put on phonograph discs featuring a skit titled "Trust Scene" boldly etched into the dead wax and partly on the record labels: "Joe Weber - Lew Fields." The B side of this record has mechanically etched signatures of the performers. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Immensely popular Polish-Jewish comedy team who at the height of their stage success opened up their own Broadway venue in 1896 and booked some of the greatest talent of the early 20th century. Included in this roster are Gallagher and Sheen The Marx Brothers Ted Healy and his Three Stooges Jimmy Durante and W.C. Fields. They are also credited with recording some of the earliest known comedy phonograph records between 1912 and 1915.<br/><br/> unknown books
191142917Cincinnati 1911. Silver gelatin photograph mounted on stiff grey mounting board with green border and bevelled edges. Very minor soiling/wear to photo signed and inscribed at upper and lower corner. Light soiling to mounting board upper corner slightly bumped light damp-staining to verso with few spots of loss to paper overlay. VG overall. Photo: 8-3/4" x 7-13/16". Mounting board: 12" x 10" <br/><br/>Publicity photograph from vaudeville performer W.E. Crafeaux signed and briefly inscribed to his mother on the photo itself with a longer signed inscription to the verso of the mounting board. Crafeaux is in blackface and clownlike apparel. The inscription on the verso is dated "Cincinnati O. 3/29/11" and reads in part: "Darling Mamma: - Don't laugh at your red-headed son in this garb as its sic the way he makes his living making other people laugh. Crazy way to make a living isn't it. Some are born fools and others get jealous and make fools of themselves but I don't know whether Im sic a natural fool or naturally a fool or a fool naturally however Im sic not as big a fool as some fools I've fooled . . . " W. E. Crafeaux who seems to have been known professionally as Earle performed with his wife Tessie in several locations on the West Coast as well as in Oklahoma and the Midwest. The Tulsa Morning Herald called them "a pair of the cleverest entertainers on any vaudeville circuit" April 9 1911 and the Vinita Daily Chieftain reported that the Crafeaux were particularly well-liked by a "large audience . . . that readily showed their appreciation of this clever and versatile team by many rounds of applause" August 13 1910. The Vinita Daily Chieftain goes on to note that the final offering that night was the Crafeaux's original blackface comedy "The New Hostler." Research indicates that the Crafeaux also performed in Bakersfield and Santa Ana CA as well as Abilene KS primarily circa 1910 - 1915. They appear to have lived in San Francisco around that time as well as in Los Angeles. unknown books
1920List2734Unknown location 1920. Approximately 10 x 13 inches. Some tears and chips at edges very good contrast editorial overpainting on recto overall very good. Marks on verso reading “Julian Eltinge Hippodrome March 12â€. Very good. Julian Eltinge 1881/1883–1941 was an American actor and “female impersonatorâ€â€”in today’s terms a drag performer—from Newtonville Massachusetts. Eltinge’s drag career began at age ten and by the early 1900s he was touring internationally performing a vaudeville act wherein the “audience was completely deceived as to Eltinge’s sex until he removed his wigâ€1. This portrait shows Eltinge seated in costume. On the reverse is written “Julian Eltinge Hippodrome March 12†and the front is signed “Herold Brown†this signature does not appear to belong to commercial photographer Harold M. Brown. A stamp is legible that dates the photograph to the 1920s though the exact year is not legible. Eltinge has been described as “without question the most famous female impersonator of all time†ibid.<br /> <br /> 1 Slide Anthony “Julian Eltinge†in The Vaudevillians: A Dictionary of Vaudeville Performers Westport Connecticut: Arlington House 1981 46. unknown
192555679Kokomo IN & Lewiston ID: Lylburn B. Johnson 514 S. Webster ca. 1925-1933. Seven pieces. 1st - Folio. 11 x 14 in. Photo-illustrated broadside printed on thick card stock minor soiling very small and slight oil stain at upper fore-edge still VG; 2nd -- 8vo. 4 x 8 in. Four pieces printed on colour-tinted newsprint stock 1 w/ additional stamping minor toning edgewear; 3rd. - 16mo. 2.5 x 3.5 in. Photo-illust. on playing card by T.L. DeLand design on verso rounded corners NF; 4to. 2 x 4 in. photo-printed business card w/ lettering & address on recto illustration on verso NF. Fascinating small collection of exceedingly scarce promotional advertising for the Kokomo IN illusionist and magician Lylburn Johnson b. 1904. He performed with the Chautauqua Circuit between 1925 and 1929 and later on the vaudeville circuit throughout the Midwest and West for private clubs fundraisers vaudeville theaters and more. His act illustrated as illustrated on these pieces incorporated his double death defying feat of begin handcuffed and locked in a barrel full of water escaping from ropes tied to a chair as well as the Mysterious Mail Bag Escape in which he had been locked. In addition he would drive a car blindfolded perform illusions such as the floating woman floating ball and skull the burning cone of water and perform mind reading and spiritualist portions as well. One of the playbills specifically cites performing at the Legion Club House for a P.T.A. Benefit in Lewiston ID Friday Nov. 10 1933. Johnson was the only child of the noted Kokomo IN physician Dr. Oliver Johnson 1878-1927 and although continuing to list the family home as his place of residence and business on the advertising cards included here appears in no street directories trade directories or census records after 1910. No copies in Worldcat; See: Lylburn B. Johnson The Great Johnson with His Mysteries Brochures and Promotional Materials Redpath Chautauqua Collection Univ. of Iowa Special Collections No. MSC0150. Lylburn B. Johnson, 514 S. Webster, unknown
190915615np: np 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong small 4to. commercial album produced by R.A. Leet and Co. Oakland California. Textured cloth covered stiff card boards. Measuring approximately 10.5" x 7". 44 cyanotype prints recto mounted to 10 black paper leaves. Remaining 15 leaves blank. Area of discolor to front board. 5 prints perished. Overall clean sound. Prints with occasional rubbing though overall well preserved. <br/><br/>A small archive of cyanotype photgraphs capturing primarily a mother and daughter members of a Vaudeville performance troop touring the Orpheum Circuit in the United States Pacific Northwest in 1909. Identified locations include Portland Seattle Spokane San Francisco and Oakland. A clear portrait captures a woman and young child standing beneath an Orpheum marquee in Spokane which lists acts for a Sunday July 25 1909 matinee performance including: Joseph Hart's Bathing Girls Mr. George Auger Carson and Willard Lew Bloom Moffett and Clare and Frank Rogers the colored ventriloquist. Additional images capture the troop members travelling with families and at rest. Of note is a clear shot showing George Auger who reportedly stodd nearly 8 feet tall towering above other members of the troop. np hardcover books
19285820Various locations 1928. Good. 28 leaves illustrated with seventy-five photographs and numerous ephemeral items. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black paper-covered boards string tied. Some chipping scuffing and soiling to boards. Contents worn and shaken with some leaves detached or trimmed some images detached. Still a lively collection. A unique vernacular photograph album and scrapbook documenting a couple of years of Strout's Military Hussar Band a notable sideshow act that toured the country in the early part of the 20th century. A newspaper clipping one of about thirty in the album describes the group: "one of the finest bands in the country is furnishing music at the fair and has already made a big hit with the visitors. In the bright red uniform of the Hussars the band makes an excellent appearance." Another clipping states that "This attraction a singing band of some 16 members is said to be one of the most pretentious organizations of its sort on tour this year." The photographs within are mostly portraits of the band members the majority of which have been shape-cut out of larger photographs. There are also group photographs of other circus performers and sideshow acts as well as some images capturing the after-effects of a train crash; the side of the train reads "D.D. Murphy Shows" a well-known promoter during this period with whom the Hussar Band apparently traveled. One of the more interesting group photographs is pasted on the inside front cover and shows seven large individuals next to a manuscript caption reading "World's Fattest Family."<br /> <br /> The ephemeral items peppered throughout the album include tickets to fairs in Beaumont Texas; Little Rock Arkansas; Fargo Minot and Devil's Lake North Dakota; Memphis Tennessee; and Sedalia Missouri. Other ephemeral items include a business card for the solo clarinet and saxophonist of Strout's Hussar Band Benne Kenner; other business and calling cards newspaper clippings and other clippings probably from magazines. unknown
192059766Portland OR New York & Hollywood & Los Angeles CA: Earl Mossman Revue and Productions ACME Commercial Studio Allara Blixt Braun Bruno Allen J. De Lay Photo-Art Commercial Studio et al ca. 1920-1976. Three vols. Thick 4to. 179; 124; 117 leaves unnumbered. all archival mylar sleeves some 2-pocket for 5 x 7 in. material most for holding 8 x 10 in. images. With 425 photographs sized from 4 x 4 in. up to 8 x 10 in. over 90% are 8 x 10 in. most images w/ photographer’s imprints on versos many w/ pencil annotations editing notes camera-ready copy several are negative contact print sheets a few colour images many are signed some have minor tears or creasing a few show remnants of old scrapbook leaves together with several newspaper and magazine clippings printed promotions holiday leaflets. All preserved in three black cloth 3-ring clamshell binders an excellent archive. This unequaled archive of photographs chronicling the successful and colourful Vaudeville and entertainment career of Earl Mossman reveals wealth of musical and theatrical history from the Pacific Northwest during first album in this archive is largely devoted to Earl Mossman’s contributions and managing of his the first half of the 20th Century as well as impact on historic events. The chorus-line all-girl revue shows at the Frontier Village during the 100 day run of the Oregon Centennial Exposition. This re-created town from the 1870’s Old West featured the Golden Nugget dance hall & saloon as well as livery stable church post office and hotel and proved to be the most successful attraction. Mossman’s Can-Can girls put on daily shows and held dances where the daringly dressed women would dance with visitors and hired actors. The 1859-1959 Centennial Exposition lasted from June 10 to Sept. 17 on 65 acres along the Columbia River formerly Vanport wiped away in the tragic 1948 flood and also featured a Gayway Amusement Park Garden of Tomorrow & Adventureland. The photos depict not only Mossman’s Can-Can girl revue but also steam locomotives Modernist sculptures and murals by Louis Bunce and other Oregon artists as well as photos of the Mid-Century Modern Lumber Industry Pavilion and the striking Hall of Religious History in the Garden of Tomorrow which featured murals of Carl Morris. Also shown are neon sculptures the filled arena showing the opening ceremonies which featured actor Raymond Burr as master of ceremonies the Nelson Picket Dancers the Golden Nugget and Frontier Trading Post from the air and more. The second album includes as well more images from the Centennial as well as many from Earl Mossman’s “Productions†talent agency and entertainment group who supplied vaudeville dance and music acts such as Beverly Short Eleanor Malcolm Gary Marvin Ginger McClane Gwen Gibson Jerry Brown Freddie Keller’s Orchestra and Maury Meriweather’s Band to Portland OR and surrounding Pacific Northwest clubs and venues. Photos included here depict as well the Nelson Pickett Dancers The Glenns “originating new tricks in a dancing mood;†The Carsony Brothers; the Earl Mossman Girls featuring models from the Gloria LaVonne modeling agency; along with Walter Blacke Jacqueline Clark Earl Mossman’s Dolls for “Delta Dome†and more. Other notable names include Billy Daniels d. 1988 with photos of his ‘The Masculine Touch†recorded live at the Mocambo on the Sunset Strip well-known African-American singer form the mid-1930’s to 1986 who launched his career in the Harlem Renaissance; along with Jeanne Gayle who sang with Bob Crosby and starred in the Great Gildersleeve 1954 Jack Nagel and even Shirley of the Hoti PocaDot Bikini Contest.The many photos also depict Mossman meeting and greeting celebrities rolling into Portland running for mayor of Portland OR he never won: touting and promoting the “Straw hat day May 15†by not only wearing straw hats himself but inducing his all-girl revues to wear as well along with leading parades including the 1972 Merrykhana Parade where he was appointed “King of the Parade.†Many of the images show him with many different canes drawn from his large collection signing contracts for the American Legion seated in limousines and Porsches and even attending dinners. One photo includes dinner guests of Miracle Oxygen which featured the editor of The Oregonian Dick Nokes Paul Hauron stage feature writer the Todds and others. Of additional interest are the photos of Mossman showing off his scrapbook filled with images from his long career as well as images while convalescing with his bevy of beauties in the Shriner’s Hospital in Portland OR. Mossman 1894-1976 was an Oregon native and grandson of Isaac Mossman who had fought in the 1855-1856 Indian Wars rode with the Washington Territory’s Pony Express out of Walla Walla and was the first Washington Territorial librarian in 1870. Earl Mossman began running away from home as a young boy to perform in taverns and saloons in downtown Portland later worked for Pacific Power & Light Co. as an office boy and in 1913 after marrying his childhood sweetheart Catherine Groos launched his career on the Vaudeville Circuit. He initially played with the Basco Comedy Co. and later with Connie & Mack’s and the Bert Levy Circuit. Walter Winchell coined him as the “Beau Brummel of Broadway†during the 1920’s and by the 1930’s was performing with Norma Lawton in Broadway productions such as “The Dancing Producer†and performed with his partner Ray Vance at the Lotus Isle Amusement Park and the Peacock Ballroom. He would marry five different times performed at civic activities Rose Festivals and beauty pageants across the Pacific Northwest.Over half the photographs in this collection were shot by Allen J. De Lay photographer with The Oregonian from 1947 until the newspaper strike of 1960 who was not only an extraordinary photographer but also musician and competitive swimmer. He is perhaps best remembered for his photographs of the darker seamier side of Portland in the post-World War II era. Other Oregon photographers represented include Maxwell Allara Paul Blixt Kirk Braun Bill Gray Hodge Kennell-Ellis Verne Lewis Alfred Monner Dick Slater Don Thompson Donald Wilson and others. Of particular interest are noted theatrical photographers such as Bruno in Hollywood and James J. Kriegsmann 1909-1994 celebrity & theatrical photographer from 1929 to the 1980’s. We could find no similar archive of Mossman related photos in any institutional holdings except for a few images. See: Ellis Lucia Earl Mossman Oral History Recording pacific University Archives 1914-1918 Washington County Oral Histories; Walkathons - Dance Marathons Al Painter’s Lotus Isle Walkathon Organization PDX History 2022; David Kludas Centennial Exposition of 1959 Oregon Encyclopedia 2022. Earl Mossman Revue, and Productions, ACME Commercial Studio, Allara, Blixt, Braun, Bruno, Allen J. De Lay, Photo-Art Commercial hardcover
