Tag Archives: New York

Donna Darling Collection – Part 70

Two Strand Theaters Treasure Chest Thursday Vaudeville “As You Like It” “Bathing Beauty Revue” By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday, I’m looking at three images from the Donna Darling Collection that relate to the Strand Theater. MISS … Continue reading

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Joel Barnes & the 1840 Census

Census Sunday Roberts-Barnes By Don Taylor I know very little about my 3rd great-grandfather, Joel Barnes. He may have been born 1bout 1790 in Broome County, New York. He married Lucy Wilson Taft and they had at least one child, … Continue reading

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Donna Darling Collection – Part 69

Palace Theatres Treasure Chest Thursday By Don Taylor For this week’s Treasure Chest Tuesday, I’m looking at four clippings about the Palace Theater. from the Donna Darling Collection Palace Theatre – Port Richmond Key features: The venue is the Palace … Continue reading

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Chin Chin – Oneonta Theater, Oneonta, NY – May 18, 1920

Donna Montran and “Chin Chin” play at the Oneonta Theatre in Oneonta, New York on 18 May 1920 Oneonta Theatre, Oneonta, New York Vaudeville – Chin Chin By Don Taylor It is not clear where Chin Chin played in the … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Mercy Gay

Brown-Sanford-Gay By Don Taylor Mercy Gay was born into a leading Connecticut family. She married and removed to Vermont where she and her husband were early settlers. When her husband died in 1813, she moved west with family members to … Continue reading

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