Author Archives: Don Taylor

Happy Birthday Arthur Durwood Brown

December 5 – Today I celebrate the life of my Great-Grandfather, Arthur Durwood Brown, who was born in 1869 at Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Continue reading

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Donna & Rivoli Theatre in the News

Don Taylor celebrates discovering articles on his grandmother, Madonna Montran, known as Donna Darling, and her 1920s show business career. On December 7, 1924, Darling’s vaudeville act, including toe dancing, singing, and a larger orchestra, was featured at Rivoli Theatre, Two Rivers, WI, alongside a Warner Bros. film. Continue reading

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Photo Friday – Hinkley & Gruver.

Five people identified from the Linwood Dyer Collection – “Hinkley Family Photo Album” — Eleanor Prindle Hinkley, Margaret Tisdale (Hinkley) Gruver, Elbert Asa Gruver, Sr., Eleanor Gruver, and Elbert Asa Gruver, Jr., Continue reading

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Donna in Glens Falls, NY, at the Empire Theatre – June 5-7, 1922

Vaudeville Donna Darling & Co. Empire Theatre, Glens Falls, NY By Don Taylor Donna Darling & Company had finished a series of shows at several F.F. Proctor’s theatres in New York City (23rd Street, 125th Street, & 58 Street) before … Continue reading

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Photo Friday – Hinkley (later Black)

I identified Marion Hinkley, Alice Black (née Hinkley), and the Black family home in Newark, Ohio, using the Hinkley Family Album from the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading

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