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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Faces from the Past – Burnham, Libby, Plummer, Roberts, & Stone
Six photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection provide a glimpse into Scarborough-area families, including Alvin and Nellie (Plummer) Roberts, Daniel and Lydia Plummer, and Seth and Susan (Stone) Plummer. Studio analysis, clothing styles, and documentary research help establish probable dates and identities, further reconnecting these images with their family histories. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Alvin C Roberts, Charles Burnham, Linwood Dyer Collection, Cape Elizabeth genealogy, Scarborough Maine history, Maine tintypes, Portland Maine Photographers, E. S. Wormell, Seth L Plummer, Nellie Plummer Roberts, carte de visite, Daniel W Plummer, Susan Stone Plummer, Lydia Libby Plummer
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Donna Darling at the Strand Theatre, Pontiac, Michigan (June 22–24, 1925)
Newspaper advertisements confirm Donna Darling’s June 22–24, 1925 appearance at the Strand Theatre in Pontiac, Michigan. Promoted with her Bathing Girl Revue and “Comedy Life Guards,” this engagement strengthens the reconstruction of her 1925 Midwestern vaudeville tour between Ohio and Detroit. Continue reading
Posted in California Bathing Girls (1925), In the news, Bathing Beauty Revue, Donna Montran, Vaudeville
Tagged Michigan vaudeville, Bathing Girl Revue, 1925 vaudeville tour, Comedy Life Guards, madonna montran, Pontiac Michigan theater, Donna Darling, Strand Theatre Pontiac, California Motion Picture Beauties, 1920s touring performers
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Happy Birthday Grandma Donna
Happy Birthday rememberance of my grandmother, Madonna “Donna” Mae Montran (1893–1976). She lived a complex and fascinating life that extended far beyond her vaudeville years. Born in Albion, Michigan, she married several times, later settled in Michigan and Minnesota, and ultimately donated her body to science. This remembrance reflects both documented facts and the enduring personal legacy she left to her family. Continue reading
Faces from the Past – Hunnewell & Plummer Family Portraits (1860s–1880s)
Six 19th-century portraits from the album of Nellie Plummer Roberts preserve the likenesses of Lucy Hunnewell Libby, Marietta “Mettie” Hunnewell Small, and Seth L. Plummer of Scarborough, Maine. Studio imprints, fashion details, and known birth dates allow these tintypes and cartes de visite to be securely dated from the Civil War era through the mid-1880s. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged tintype portrait, Scarborough Maine history, carte de visite, Lucy Hunnewell Libby, J H Lamson photographer, Marietta Hunnewell Small, Chas W Hearn photographer, Seth L Plummer, 19th century family portraits, Nellie Plummer Roberts, Mettie Hunnewell, Plummer family, Hunnewell family, Cumberland County Maine, Civil War era photography
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Donna Darling at the Heilig Theatre (Eugene, Oregon) – 1926
In November 1926, the Donna Darling Revue appeared at the Heilig Theatre in Eugene, Oregon, as part of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association circuit. Contemporary coverage in The Eugene Guard identified Donna as the “heading act” and described a visually ambitious production featuring song, dance, and a striking “radium coat” finale, offering rare insight into her touring career. Continue reading
Posted in Donna Darling Revue, In the news, Donna Montran, Vaudeville
Tagged Heilig Theatre Eugene Oregon, madonna montran, Western Vaudeville Managers Association, Donna Darling, Eugene Oregon 1926, Sammy Clark, Flo Ziegfeld reference, George White revue, Association Vaudeville circuit, Radium stage costumes, Donna Darling Revue, Madison Square Garden beauty contest, The Eugene Guard newspaper, 1920s Theater, Vaudeville 1926
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