Hello,
I have just mounted an old picture from the 1st Minstrel Show that was
performed by the Hoosier Club in Union City. The show took place at the
Grand Theater in 1914. The picture includes characters in the Al Jolson
"blackface" tradition which was popular in those days, but is very
politically incorrect in the current times. There is no offense
intended.
My parents identified the men in the picture as:
First Row: James Ruby, Glen Barr, Victor Thornburg, _____ Braden, Eldan
Reichard, O. O. Fraze, Frank Haselmire, Charles Heitzman, Ray Lenich,
_____ Vaughn, Elmer Shugars, John Knoll, Victor Wildermuth, Skat Thomas
Second Row: Tom Bothast, Kenneth Coats, Harry Thornburg, Pudle McGill,
Howard Glunt, Clete Riffle, Tom Mason, Henry Miles, James Potter, Dory
Robison, Herbert Wildermuth, Clarence Bothast, Ott Bailey, Carl
Rosenbush
Orchestra: ______ McDaniel, Claude Heckman, Ralph Thornburg, Everett
Williams, Howard Mills, Fred Stebleton, Dr. Ruby on the Piano
http://randolph.dcoweb.org/1914hoosier_club.htm
--Jane Torres