Vaudeville

The series includes four [4] scrapbooks and eight [8] ledgers. The ledgers span from 1917 to 1929 and detail Bert Byron and Dolly Grey's budget and expenses while on tour. The scrapbooks inlcude a disassembled scrapbook detailing their 1926 vaudeville tour; a travel scrapbook; a scrapbook of clippings from 1914-1920; and a scrapbook detailing a trip Bryon and Grey took to Europe, which ended abruptly because WWI was declared.

Dancer (possibly Dorothy Bercu) in a male Spanish Dance costume. Dorothy and Harryette Bercu performed on the Vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s.

Vaudeville was a popular form of variety show in the United States from the 1890s through the 1930s. Many early well-known American Hollywood stars, such as W.C. Fields and Will Rogers, worked in Vaudeville, and a number of the early performers were Jewish. Dorothy and Harryette performed in Vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit from 1925-1928 and 1936-1939. This series contains costumes and musical instruments, a vaudeville poster, photographs, and records.

Newspaper "Program of the Day" for Vaudeville show that included "Bercu Sisters, World Famous Dancers and Contortionists." On the back of the page is an 1928 add for the Marmon car.

This series includes sheet music; lyrics; poems; notes; scripts written and/or owned by Bert Byron; and a short story written by Dorothy Grey.