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==List of Performers==
==List of Performers==
Please choose from the list below or use the search feature to find them by name:
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For a specific season, visit the season's page for that year's list of performances.
==Top Performers==
===Top Performers (Weeks Performed)===
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|data-sort-value="Downing, Robert"|Robert Downing and Co.||Actor||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||1||Company had six people
|data-sort-value="Matthiessen, G. F."|G. F. Matthiessen||Stunt cycling||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/30/1905"|[[1905 Season#Stunts|July 30-Aug. 26, 1905]]<br />[[1906 Season#Stunts|July 29-Aug. 19, 1906]]<br />[[1907 Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 23-Aug. 4, 1907]]||8||3||Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
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|data-sort-value="Fox, Will H."|Will H. Fox||Comedy pianist||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1899]]<br />[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_9|July 9-15, 1905]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_30|July 31-Aug. 5, 1905]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Aug._20|Aug. 20-26, 1905]]||5||3||Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/Aug. 1905
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|Little Viola||Dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Age 6 in 1899, called the "Child Wonder," performed with her sister
|data-sort-value="Sunetaro, Soto"|Soto Sunetaro and Co.||Japanese wonder-working||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/21/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_21|July 21-27, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_May_15|May 15-21, 1904]]<br />[[1908_Season#Week_of_June_14|June 14-21, 1908]]||4||4||Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
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|McPhee and Hill||Gynasts||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Act involved triple and high bars
|data-sort-value="Stanley, Harry C."|Harry C. Stanley||Comedian||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||4||3||Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
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|data-sort-value="Abt, E."|Professor E. Abt||Artist||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Act involved dissolving views of art pictures and battle scenes
|data-sort-value="Wilson-Jackson, Doris"|Doris Wilson-Jackson||Singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||4||3||Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
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|data-sort-value="Abt Sisters, The."|The Abt Sisters||||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Zamora"|The Zamora Family||Mexican acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="09/13/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_10|July 10-16, 1904]]<br />[[1904_Season#Sept._11-18_%28Closing_Week%29|Sept. 12-17, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Sept._10_(Closing_Week)|Sept.ember 10-17, 1905]]||4||3||
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|data-sort-value="La Reanes, Harry"|Harry and Eva La Reanes||Irish Comedy||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Gladstone, Lotta"|Lotta Gladstone||||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/16/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_16_(Children's_Matinee_Week)|July 16-22, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_Aug._19|Aug. 19-Sept. 8, 1900]]||4||2||Known as the "Orginal Country Girl"
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|Diana||Light and mirror dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 17, 1899]]||2||1||2||Known as the international "Queen of Light" and the "Myriad Mirror Queen"
|data-sort-value="Lawson, Namon"|Al Lawson and Frances Namon||Comedy cycling and artistic bag punching||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/19/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_May_19_(Opening_Week)|May 19-25, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 1903]]||4||2||Known as Lawson and Namon
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|data-sort-value="McAvoy, Dick"|Dick and Alice McAvoy||Comedy musicians||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Known as the "Original Hogan Alley Kids"
|data-sort-value="Clifford, Billy"|Billy Clifford||Singer and dancer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/26/1904"|[[1904 Season#Week_of_June_26|June 26-July 2, 1904]]<br />[[1907 Season#Week_of_Aug._12|Aug. 12-Sept. 1, 1907]]||4||2||
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|data-sort-value="Morello Troupe, The"|The Morello Troupe||Acrobatics||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Fearless Greggs"|The Fearless Greggs||Auto racing and sommersault act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/11/1920"|[[1920_Season#Theater,_Vaudeville,_and_Stunt_Performances|July 11-Aug. 8, 1920]]||4||1||
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|Iler, Birk, and McDonald||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Hill, Flournoy"|Hill and Flournoy||Wild West Show||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/07/1912"|[[1912_Season#Outdoor_Acts|July 8-Aug. 5, 1912]]||4||1||
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|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Six acrobats
|data-sort-value="Hill, Harry"|Harry Hill's Wild West Show||Wild West Show||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/29/1913"|[[1913 Season#Outdoor_Acts|June 29-July 31, 1913]]||4||1||
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|data-sort-value="Raymond, Alice"|Alice Raymond||Musician||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Played the cornet and gold army bugle
 
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===Top Performers (Seasons Performed)===
|data-sort-value="Fielding"|Fielding||Juggler||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||
 
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|data-sort-value="Goldsmith Sisters"|The Three Goldsmith Sisters||Dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|Allen and West||Mmusical act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Sunetaro, Soto"|Soto Sunetaro and Co.||Japanese wonder-working||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/21/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_21|July 21-27, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_May_15|May 15-21, 1904]]<br />[[1908_Season#Week_of_June_14|June 14-21, 1908]]||4||Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
|data-sort-value="Young, Frank C."|Frank C. Young||Soft shoe dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||Performed with Bessie Devoie in 1899
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|data-sort-value="Adelman, Joseph"|Joseph Adelman||Xylophone player||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/10/1900"|[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_10|June 10-16, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_June_9|June 9-22, 1901]]||3||
|data-sort-value="Devoie, Bessie"|Bessie Devoie||Soft shoe dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||Performed with Frank C. Young in 1899
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|data-sort-value="Coin"|Professor Coin's Dog Circus||Animal act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/23/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_23|July 23-29, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_May_19_(Opening_Week)|May 19-25, 1901]]||3||
|Howard and Bland||Actors||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1899]]<br />[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_9|July 9-15, 1905]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_30|July 31-Aug. 5, 1905]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Aug._20|Aug. 20-26, 1905]]||3||Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/August 1905
|data-sort-value="Flying Bicketts"|The Five Flying Bicketts||Acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-July 2, 1899]]||2||1||2||Comprised of one man and four women
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|data-sort-value="Matthiessen, G. F."|G. F. Matthiessen||Stunt cycling||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/30/1905"|[[1905 Season#Stunts|July 30-Aug. 26, 1905]]<br />[[1906 Season#Stunts|July 29-Aug. 19, 1906]]<br />[[1907 Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 23-Aug. 4, 1907]]||3||Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
|Welby, Pearl, Keys, and Nellis||Dance troupe||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||Known for their showy costumes, dancing, and high kicking
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|data-sort-value="Price, Maude Beale"|Maude Beale Price||Impersonator and soprano singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/24/1900"|[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-30, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_28|July 28-August 3, 1901]]<br>[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]||3||
|data-sort-value="Carroll, Tom"|Master Tom Carroll||Clog dancer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||Was 5 years old when he performed in 1899
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|data-sort-value="Raub, Walter"|Walter Raub||Aeronaut||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="04/17/1910"|[[1910_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|Various weeks 1910]]<br />[[1911_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 9 & 11, 1911]]<br />[[1911_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 30, 1911]]<br />[[1912 Season#Outdoor_Acts|Various dates in 1912]]||3||Also known as the "Human Torpedo" and "Professor Raub"
|data-sort-value="Morrell and Evans"|Frank Morrell and Florrie Evans||Burlesque operetta or ragtime opera||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Stanley, Harry C."|Harry C. Stanley||Comedian||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||3||Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
|data-sort-value="Deagon, Edwin"|Edwin and Kittie Deagon||Comedy, illustrated songs, stereopticon pictures||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Troubadours"|The Three Troubadours||Singers and comedians||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/30/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_24|July 24-30, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1905]]||3||Also known as the Chihuahua Mexican Troubadors. Made of Casper Zarnes, Charles H. Van, and Hi Briggs
|data-sort-value="Nondescript Trio, The"|The Nondescript Trio||Dancing and high kicking||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Wilson-Jackson, Doris"|Doris Wilson-Jackson||Singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||3||Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
|data-sort-value="Bicknell"|Bicknell||Lightning clay modeling||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]<br>[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||2||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Davis, Bessie"|Bessie Davis||Singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Marshall, Edna"|Edna Bassett Marshall||Opera singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/18/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_18|June 18-June 24, 1899]]||1||1||||Prima donna soprano who sang opera songs in different costumes in rotating scenes along with five specialty artists
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|data-sort-value="Goldin, Horace"|Horace Goldin||Magician||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/25/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_25|June 25-July 1, 1899]]||1||1||||Known as the "Napoleon of Magicians"
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|data-sort-value="Young, Ollie"|Ollie Young||||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/25/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_25|June 25-July 1, 1899]]||1||1||||Known as "America's greatest club expert"
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|data-sort-value="Berry and Hughes"|Frank Berry and Jack Hughes||Musical comedians||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/25/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_25|June 25-July 1, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Waltons, The"|The Five Famous Waltons||Acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/25/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_25|June 25-July 1, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Harvey Sisters, The"|The Harvey Sisters||Singers||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/25/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_25|June 25-July 1, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|Gruet, Beers, and Gruet||Gymnasts||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||1||
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|data-sort-value="Collins, Tom"|Professor Tom Collins||Boxer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||||Featherweight boxing champion from Liverpool, England, and his trained kangaroo, "Lanky Bob"
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|data-sort-value="Onris, The"|The Three Onris||Jugglers||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||||Juggled items while mounted on rotating globes
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|data-sort-value="Lawrence, Al C."|Al C. Lawrence||Ventriloquist, vocalist, and imitator||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Whiting, May"|May and Lilian Whiting||Cornetists||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|Magee and Crimmins||style="max-width: 200px;"|Comedy, songs, dances, monologues, and lightning crayon drawings||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/02/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_2|July 2-July 8, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Zamora"|The Zamora Family||Mexican acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="09/13/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_10|July 10-16, 1904]]<br />[[1904_Season#Sept._11-18_%28Closing_Week%29|Sept. 12-17, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Sept._10_(Closing_Week)|Sept. 10-17, 1905]]||3||
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[[Category:Lists of Performers]]

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Below is a list of performers (vaudeville, stunts, outdoor shows, etc.) and the dates they performed.

List of Performers

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For a specific season, visit the season's page for that year's list of performances.

Top Performers

Top Performers (Weeks Performed)

Performer Name Type of Act Dates Performed Weeks Seasons Notes
G. F. Matthiessen Stunt cycling July 30-Aug. 26, 1905
July 29-Aug. 19, 1906
July 23-Aug. 4, 1907		 8 3 Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
The Faust Family Acrobatic act June 4-10, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
July 9-15, 1905
July 31-Aug. 5, 1905
Aug. 20-26, 1905		 5 3 Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/Aug. 1905
Soto Sunetaro and Co. Japanese wonder-working July 21-27, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
May 15-21, 1904
June 14-21, 1908		 4 4 Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
Harry C. Stanley Comedian Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 4 3 Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
Doris Wilson-Jackson Singer Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 4 3 Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
The Zamora Family Mexican acrobats Sept. 13-20, 1903
July 10-16, 1904
Sept. 12-17, 1904
Sept.ember 10-17, 1905		 4 3
Lotta Gladstone July 16-22, 1899
Aug. 19-Sept. 8, 1900		 4 2 Known as the "Orginal Country Girl"
Al Lawson and Frances Namon Comedy cycling and artistic bag punching May 19-25, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 1903		 4 2 Known as Lawson and Namon
Billy Clifford Singer and dancer June 26-July 2, 1904
Aug. 12-Sept. 1, 1907		 4 2
The Fearless Greggs Auto racing and sommersault act July 11-Aug. 8, 1920 4 1
Hill and Flournoy Wild West Show July 8-Aug. 5, 1912 4 1
Harry Hill's Wild West Show Wild West Show June 29-July 31, 1913 4 1

Top Performers (Seasons Performed)

Performer Name Type of Act Dates Performed Seasons Notes
Soto Sunetaro and Co. Japanese wonder-working July 21-27, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
May 15-21, 1904
June 14-21, 1908		 4 Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
Joseph Adelman Xylophone player June 10-16, 1900
June 9-22, 1901		 3
Professor Coin's Dog Circus Animal act July 23-29, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
May 19-25, 1901		 3
The Faust Family Acrobatic act June 4-10, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
July 9-15, 1905
July 31-Aug. 5, 1905
Aug. 20-26, 1905		 3 Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/August 1905
G. F. Matthiessen Stunt cycling July 30-Aug. 26, 1905
July 29-Aug. 19, 1906
July 23-Aug. 4, 1907		 3 Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
Maude Beale Price Impersonator and soprano singer June 24-30, 1900
July 28-August 3, 1901
Sept. 13-20, 1903		 3
Walter Raub Aeronaut Various weeks 1910
July 9 & 11, 1911
July 30, 1911
Various dates in 1912		 3 Also known as the "Human Torpedo" and "Professor Raub"
Harry C. Stanley Comedian Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 3 Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
The Three Troubadours Singers and comedians Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
July 24-30, 1904
June 4-10, 1905		 3 Also known as the Chihuahua Mexican Troubadors. Made of Casper Zarnes, Charles H. Van, and Hi Briggs
Doris Wilson-Jackson Singer Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 3 Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
The Zamora Family Mexican acrobats Sept. 13-20, 1903
July 10-16, 1904
Sept. 12-17, 1904
Sept. 10-17, 1905		 3
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