Photos include: Weird Dances in Stroblite by Renee Grant, Jack Hayes and friend, Wanted Buddy O'Day-Approach with Caution-May be Armed with Joe Miller Joke Books, Sonny Dae and his Knights, Jack Brooks-Comedian-Dynamic Comedy Sensation, Charles La Vine, Steve Bosko the Upside-Down Cartoonist
Black-and-white 8"x10" photographs; all featuring burlesque entertainers who stayed at the Towne Hotel in Columbus,Ohio throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. (A very few photographs appear to be older, c.1930.) The proprietor of the Towne Hotel was Eddie Ehrhardt. Most of the photos bear personal and affectionate inscriptions to him. Most have corner pinholes. Some photos are stamped on reverse with the photographer's name; others were part of the Weldon A. Carpenter Theater Collection.
25/50 Sold $23.00
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