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Vaudeville

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Accession: Grey and Byron Collection, B458

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023.095
Dates: 1908 - 1964

Bercu Gross Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B356
Abstract

The material in the collection includes items, photographs, and papers related to Dorothy Bercu Gross and her husband Norman Gross, her extended family, and her Vaudeville career in the 1920s and 1930s. Her father owned the Chicago Hide, Fur and Wool Company in Douglas, Wyoming and Denver, Colorado. The collection spans from the late 1800s to 2015 and illustrates an extended Jewish family and vaudeville performers.

Dates: 1904-2015

Bercu Sisters at The Gold Palace, 1925

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.00001
Abstract

Photograph of the Bercu Sisters performing at the Gold Palace in Juarez, Mexico in 1925. Harryette Bercu is on the left wearing a tutu and Dorothy Bercu is wearing a costume with pants and a tall decorative helmet. Both girls are standing on their toes in ballet shoes. The sisters were part of the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1925

Bercu Sisters Business Card, between 1925-1932

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0016.00001
Abstract

Business card of the Bercu Sisters: "Bercu Sisters Harryette and Dorothy, Toe and Acrobatic Dancers From the Orpheum Circuit.

Dates: between 1925-1932

Bercu Sisters in Acrobatic Pose, between 1932-1933

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0003.00001
Abstract

The glossy photograph shows Harryette bent over backwards on the floor and Dorothy kneeling behind her. The Bercu Sisters was an act on the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit.

Dates: between 1932-1933

Bercu Sisters in "Indian" Costumes, 1932 October

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0002.00001
Abstract

Photograph of the Bercu sisters in theatrical "Indian" costume by a house. Dorothy Bercu is standing behind her sister Harryette and one of their brothers can be seen kneeling in the backgroud . The sisters performed on the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1932 October

Bercu Sisters in "Native" Costumes, between 1933-1935

 Item
Identifier: B3356.01.0003.0005.00001
Abstract

The Bercu sisters are on a stage with a backdrop. Dorothy is standing with her arms raised and Harryette is kneeling with her back arched so that he head is toward the audience. The Bercu sisters were vaudeville performers in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: between 1933-1935

Bercu Sisters in Shawls, between 1933-1935

 Item
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0004
Abstract

Photograph (two copies) of the Bercu sisters standing with decorative shawls wrapped around them and wearing ballet flats. The Bercu sisters performed on the Orpheum Vaudville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: between 1933-1935

Bercu Sisters Records, between 1925-1936

 File
Identifier: B356.01.0003.0016
Abstract

The file contains a "Bercu Sisters" business card, a 1934 program, a telegram and two letters, and a contract. Dorothy and Harryette Bercu were vaudeville performers in the 1920s and 1930s. The 1934 program, the telegram and a letter are from Hotel Ben Lomond in Ogden, Utah.

Dates: between 1925-1936

Box 1: Portrait and Candid Photos, c. 1885-1960

 File — Box B458.02.0001: Series B458.02 [Barcode: U186023306263]
Identifier: B458.02.0001
Abstract

Box includes four [5] file folders of photographs. File folder one: Photos of Bert Byron 1885-1917; file folder two: portraits of Dolly Grey 1885- c.1920; file folder three: photots of both Bert Byron and Dolly Grey c.1917-1954; file folder four: photos of Clara Dunn and Bert Byron in Florida 1938-1960; file folder five: Photo Disc containing scans of photographs and some clippings. The disc in folder five retains the original order of the sub-folders.

Dates: c. 1885-1960