Monthly Archives: May 2024

Donna & State Theatre (Oakland, CA) – In the News

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Don Taylor

Don Taylor celebrates finding a 1924 Oakland Post Enquirer article about his grandmother, vaudeville performer Donna Darling. The piece confirms Donna’s act, “A Song and Dance Romance,” featured at Oakland, CA’s State Theatre from June 1-3, 1924. This discovery adds to the documentation of her performing arts career in the 1910s and 1920s. Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Brown, Curtis (née Pednault), Dean, & Dinsmore.

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Don Taylor

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 016By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identified the people in five photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Scarborough, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mary (Lyons) Daly (1866-1940)

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Don Taylor

Today, we remember Mary (Lyons) Daly who died 84 years ago today. – Welch-Harris Project. Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Curtis (née Pedneault)

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Don Taylor

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 015Photo FridayBy Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I analyzed the people in five photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Baker, Chadbourne, Collins, & Cragg

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Don Taylor

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 014By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I researched the people in five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Scarborough, … Continue reading →

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