Smith and Dale papers, 1903-1981.

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Smith and Dale papers, 1903-1981.

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The Smith and Dale Papers include contracts, correspondence, photographs, scripts, and other professional material from the vaudeville comedy team, but most strongly reflect the later life of Joe Smith.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325884

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Smith and Dale were a well-known vaudeville duo who performed together for over seventy years. Joe Smith was born as Joseph Sultzer on February 16, 1884 and Charlie Dale was born as Charles Marks on September 6, 1881. Both men were born in New York City. They met in December of 1898 after getting in an accident while riding bicycles. Both boys had rented bikes from the same shop and they brought they bikes back to the shop bickering with each other all the way. The shop owner told t...

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The comedy team of Smith and Dale, composed of partners, Joe Smith (real name, Joseph Sultzer, 1884-1981) and Charlie Dale (real name, Charles Marks, 1881-1971) became one of vaudeville's most famous and successful acts, later translating many of their most popular sketches to other media and serving as a source of inspiration for Neil Simon's play, The Sunshine Boys. The two first met as teenagers in New York City in 1898 and would remain a team for the next seventy-thr...