Betty Bowman ephemera 1920-1926

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Betty Bowman ephemera 1920-1926

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The Betty Bowman ephemera collection documents her life and career during the 1920's and contains photographs, clippings and a manuscript autobiography. The collection is mainly photographs of Betty Bowman, her sister Grace, her husband, bandleader Joe Smith and friends she worked with while performing in the early 1920s. Her autobiography tells of growing up out West and finally ending up in New York on the stage.

The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6317648

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Bowman, Betty, 1906-1995

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Betty Bowman grew up in Colorado, the youngest of four children. She began playing the piano when she was a little girl. The conductor, Paul Whiteman heard her play in Denver and recommended her for a vaudeville tour of the West Coast. Ms. Bowman eventually joined her sister Grace, who had established a singing career in New York. An introduction by her sister to J. H. Shubert led to a chorus job in the Second Edition of Artists and Models. Betty later toured with the First Edition of Artists an...

Smith, Joe, 1902-1937

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