Coming Soon Funniest Show On Earth The Original Photographic Portrait Of The Owner 2 5 8 X 2 5 8 Inches

$200 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

New Orleans, LA: Charles Collier, nd ca.1940 . Advertisement. 4to. 3 pp., title leaf as described above, double-page illustrated advertisement for five acts in the show, and illustrated advertising for Cookie Howard, The Girl Contortionist on the rear page. An African-American owned and operated variety tent show that performed mostly in the South, Silas Green from New Orleans featured Bessie Smith in the 1920s; Collier gained full ownership in the

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