I am not sure how this scrapbook made it to a northern Illinois farm auction-but I am glad it did.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Vaudeville Scrapbook
Continuing my cleaning out and sorting inventory phase reacquainted me with a scrapbook I bought at auction. This scrapbook was assembled and owned by a northern Illinois vaudeville star Pearl Terry who at times was based in Aurora and Quincy Illinois. What a story this scrapbook tells.
At various times in her life, Pearl worked with a male partner, ran a diner, operated a popcorn wagon and in her later life, performed with a very odd collection of life sized dolls that she dressed in various costumes.
The scrapbook is filled with family and professional snapshots that tell the story of a real entrepreneur whose career started in the very early 1900s.
I am not sure how this scrapbook made it to a northern Illinois farm auction-but I am glad it did.
I am not sure how this scrapbook made it to a northern Illinois farm auction-but I am glad it did.
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