Al Emmett Fostell Papers 1879-1920

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Al Emmett Fostell Papers 1879-1920

The papers consist of letters, playbills and programs, clippings, stationery, and ephemera documenting the career of this minstrel show and variety performer.

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Emmett, Florence

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Ward, William, active 1852

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Fostell, Al Emmett, 1856-1920

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Al Emmett Fostell (born Foster), minstrel show and variety performer, theatrical manager, and operator of a traveling dime museum, began his career in 1872 performing for New Yorkers at clam bakes and picnics with the monologist Frank Bush. As a teenager in the 1870s he appeared with Birch, Backus, Wambold, and White's Junior Minstrels (named after the senior troupe), worked in a musical and slack wire act, and changed his name to Fostell. In the early 1880s he toured the American S...

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Fox, Joseph, b. 1852

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