James T. and Rachel Booth Powers Collection [1864]-1948, undated

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James T. and Rachel Booth Powers Collection [1864]-1948, undated

Personal and theatrical portraits and ephemera of comic actors James T. Powers and Rachel Booth Powers.

1.76 Linear feet; (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330678

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Morris, Clara, 1848-1925

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Actress Clara Morris was born in Toronto and moved with her mother to Cleveland, Ohio. She became a ballet girl in the resident company of the Cleveland Academy of Music; after nine years of training with that company she played a leading lady at Wood's Theatre in Cincinnati in 1869. She made her New York debut in September in "Man and Wife," directed by Augustin Daly at his Fifth Avenue Theatre. She worked with Daly in a series of highly emotional roles over the next three years in such plays a...

Powers, James T., 1862-1943

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Comic actor, songwriter, playwright, and vaudeville comedian based in New York City. From the description of James Thomas Powers papers, 1860s-1945 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32527107 James Thomas Powers (1862-1943) was an actor, playwright, musician, entertainer, comedian, and a general entertainer renowned for his comedic abilities and expressions as well as for his trademark red hair. His wife, Rachel Booth Powers (1862-1955),...

Hitchcock, Raymond, 1865-1929

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Naraganes, Frederico

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Bell, Digby–Portraits

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Booth, Rachel, 1862-1955

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