Performers

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

List of Performers

Performer Name	Type of Act	Dates Performed	Weeks	Seasons	Headlined	Notes
Robert Downing and Co.	Actor	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1	1	Company had six people
Will H. Fox	Comedy pianist	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1
Little Viola	Dancing	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1		Age 6 in 1899, called the "Child Wonder," performed with her sister
McPhee and Hill	Gynasts	May 28-June 3, 1899 July 15-21, 1900	1	1		Act involved triple and high bars
Professor E. Abt	Artist	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1		Act involved dissolving views of art pictures and battle scenes
The Abt Sisters		May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1
Harry and Eva La Reanes	Irish Comedy	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1
Diana	Light and mirror dancing	June 4-17, 1899	2	1	2	Known as the international "Queen of Light" and the "Myriad Mirror Queen"
Dick and Alice McAvoy	Comedy musicians	June 4-10, 1899	1	1		Known as the "Original Hogan Alley Kids"
The Morello Troupe	Acrobatics	June 4-10, 1899	1	1
Iler, Birk, and McDonald	Acrobatic act	June 4-10, 1899	1	1
The Faust Family	Acrobatic act	June 4-10, 1899 May 20-26, 1900	2	2		Six acrobats
Alice Raymond	Musician	June 4-10, 1899	1	1		Played the cornet and gold army bugle
Fielding	Juggler	June 11-17, 1899	1	1
The Three Goldsmith Sisters	Dancing	June 11-17, 1899	1	1
Allen and West	Mmusical act	June 11-June 17, 1899	1	1
Frank C. Young	Soft shoe dancing	June 11-17, 1899	1	1		Performed with Bessie Devoie in 1899
Bessie Devoie	Soft shoe dancing	June 11-17, 1899	1	1		Performed with Frank C. Young in 1899
Howard and Bland	Actors	June 11-17, 1899 July 15-21, 1900	2	2
The Five Flying Bicketts	Acrobatics	June 18-July 2, 1899	2	1	2	Comprised of one man and four women
Welby, Pearl, Keys, and Nellis	Dance troupe	June 18-24, 1899	1	1		Known for their showy costumes, dancing, and high kicking
Master Tom Carroll	Clog dancer	June 18-24, 1899	1	1		Was 5 years old when he performed in 1899
Frank Morrell and Florrie Evans	Burlesque operetta or ragtime opera	June 18-24, 1899	1	1		Known as Morrell and Evans
Edwin and Kittie Deagon	Comedy, illustrated songs, stereopticon pictures	June 18-24, 1899	1	1
The Nondescript Trio	Dancing and high kicking	June 18-24, 1899	1	1
Bicknell	Lightning clay modeling	June 18-24, 1899 July 2-8, 1899	2	1
Bessie Davis	Singer	June 18-24, 1899	1	1
Edna Bassett Marshall	Opera singer	June 18-24, 1899 July 9-15, 1899 May 20-26, 1900	3	2	2	Prima donna soprano who sang opera songs in different costumes in rotating scenes along with five specialty artists
Horace Goldin	Magician	June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1		Known as the "Napoleon of Magicians"
Ollie Young		June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1		Known as "America's greatest club expert"
Frank Berry and Jack Hughes	Musical comedians	June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1		Known as Berry and Hughes
The Five Famous Waltons	Acrobats	June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1
The Harvey Sisters	Singers	June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1
Gruet, Beers, and Gruet	Gymnasts	July 2-8, 1899	1	1	1
Professor Tom Collins	Boxer	July 2-8, 1899	1	1		Featherweight boxing champion from Liverpool, England, and his trained kangaroo, "Lanky Bob"
The Three Onris	Jugglers	July 2-8, 1899	1	1		Juggled items while mounted on rotating globes
Al C. Lawrence	Ventriloquist, vocalist, and imitator	July 2-8, 1899	1	1
May and Lilian Whiting	Cornetists	July 2-8, 1899	1	1
Magee and Crimmins	Comedy, songs, dances, monologues, and lightning crayon drawings	July 2-8, 1899	1	1
Josephine Gassman	Blackface singer and comedienne	July 9-15, 1899 September 3-9, 1899	2	1	1
The Harbecks	Contortionists and jugglers on a slackwire	July 9-15, 1899	1	1
The Noss Family	Musical act	July 9-15, 1899	1	1
The Patterson Brothers	Horizontal bar gymnasts	July 9-15, 1899	1	1
Harry B. Watson	Comedy bicycle trick rider	July 9-15, 1899	1	1
Professor Howard's Comedy Ponies	Animal act	July 16-22, 1899	1	1	1
Lotta Gladstone		July 16-22, 1899 August 19-September 1, 1900	3	2		Known as the "Orginal Country Girl"
Wellesley	Comedy juggler	July 16-22, 1899	1	1
Mat Farnan	Irish comedian	July 16-22, 1899	1	1
Lankin and Wilkes	Illustrated songs	July 16-22, 1899	1	1
Tom Hefron	one-legged singing, dancing, and athletic act	July 16-22, 1899	1	1
Adgie's Lions	Animal act	July 23-29, 1899	1	1	1	Adgie and her three lions performed stunts
Mattie Vickers	Comedienne	July 23-29, 1899	1	1
Professor Coin's Dog Circus	Animal act	July 23-29, 1899 May 20-26, 1900	2	2
Frank La Mondue	Circus clown and slackline performer	July 23-29, 1899	1	1
Emile Girard and Miss Monte Elmo	Dancers and flag and hat spinners	July 23-29, 1899	1	1		Known as Girard and Elmo
Monroe and Hart	Comedians	July 23-29, 1899	1	1
Nellie V. Nickols	Singer	July 23-29, 1899	1	1
Kelly and Mason	Dutch and Irish comedians	July 30-August 5, 1899	1	1	1
Mademoiselle Ani	Aerial artist and contortionist	July 30-August 5, 1899	1	1
The Whitney Brothers	Musical act	July 30-August 5, 1899	1	1		Involved many instruments such as the electric metallophone that sparked with music and musical stairs
Nellie Waters	Celtic comedienne	July 30-August 5, 1899	1	1
Kasten, Duey, and Kasten	Blackface performers	July 30-August 5, 1899 June 17-23, 1900	2	2
Tegge and Daniel	German comedians	July 30-August 5, 1899	1	1
The Saville Sisters	Electrical dancers	August 6-12, 1899	1	1		Danced in calcium light rings that were always changing colors
William Rowe	Somersault pedestal dancer	August 6-12, 1899	1	1		Known as "The Dancing Adonis"
Harry C. Stanley	Comedian	August 6-12, 1899 June 24-July 7, 1900	3	2		Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900
Doris Wilson-Jackson	Singer	August 6-12, 1899 June 24-July 7, 1900	3	2		Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900
The Cosmopolitan Trio	Opera singers	August 6-12, 1899	1	1	1
Barnes and Sission	Musical act	August 6-12, 1899	1	1
Lew Hawkins	Comedian and minstrel show	August 6-12, 1899	1	1
Brandon and Regene	Contortion and ring act	August 6-12, 1899	1	1
The Barlow Minstrels	Minstrel group	August 13-20, 1899	1	1	1	Made of 28 blackface performers
Laura Burt	Actress	August 20-26, 1899	1	1	1
The Ramalo Brothers	Head balancers	August 20-26, 1899	1	1
Peter Baker	German comedian and yodeler	August 20-26, 1899 July 1-7, 1900	2	2
Adele Rurvis Onri	Slackwire and juggling dancer	August 20-26, 1899	1	1
Lawrence and Harrington	Actors	August 20-26, 1899	1	1
Kolb and Dill	German comedy	August 20-26, 1899	1	1
Prince Satsuma	Japanese juggling and balancing act	August 20-26, 1899	1	1
Henry Lee	Impersonator	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1	1
Mr. and Mrs. Augustin Neuville	Comedy actors	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1
The Donavans	Musical comedians	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1
John R. Harty	Juggler	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1
Foster and Williams	Musical comedy	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1
Pascatel	Aerial artist and contortionist	August 27-September 2, 1899	1	1
Keno and Hall	Comedy acrobats	September 3-9, 1899	1	1
Fogerty and Lavigne	Eccentric comedians	September 3-9, 1899	1	1
The Three Schuler Sisters	Dancers	September 3-9, 1899	1	1
Seekers, Wilkes, and Seekers		September 3-9, 1899	1	1
The Garrity Sisters	Comediennes	September 3-9, 1899	1	1
Minnie Palmer	Actress	September 10-16, 1899	1	1	1	Performed with Francis Jerrard in 1899
Francis Jerrard	Actor	September 10-16, 1899	1	1	1	Performed with Minnie Palmer in 1899
The Brothers Borani	Contortionists	September 10-16, 1899	1	1
John H. Shepley	Musical glasses	September 10-16, 1899	1	1
Louis Martinetti and Lillie Southerland	Acrobatic team	September 10-16, 1899	1	1		Known as Martinetti and Southerland
Eddie Giguere and Blanche Boyer	Comedy	September 10-16, 1899	1	1		Known as Giguere and Boyer
The Michelsen Bothers	Banjoists	September 10-16, 1899	1	1
Tioko's Imperial Japanese Troupe	Acrobatic athletes	September 17-24, 1899	1	1	1	16 trained acrobatic athletes
Edmonds, Emerson, and Edmonds	Eccentric comedians	September 17-23, 1899	1	1
Dan Allman	Blackface comedian	September 17-24, 1899	1	1
The Six Sennetts	Acrobatics	September 17-24, 1899	1	1
Prince Aawatha	Japanese juggler	September 24, 1899	1	1	1
M'lle Leontine Vegara	Singer	September 24, 1899	1	1		Columbus native
The Athene Brothers	Acrobatics	September 24, 1899	1	1
Lockhart's Elephants	Animal act	1899	1	1		Six performing elephants
Charles Ellis	Bicycle high dive	May 20-26, 1900	1	1		Outdoor act, called a "dare devil"
DeHollis and Velora	Comedy juggling	May 20-26, 1900	1	1
Kittie Wolf	Dancing and singing	May 20-26, 1900	1	1		Known as the "Queen of the Summer Girls"
Morphet and Stevenson	Prestidigitation and musical comedy act	May 20-26, 1900	1	1
Walsch	Actor	May 27-June 2, 1900	1	1
Edith Wells	Actor	May 27-June 2, 1900	1	1
Smith and Fuller	Actors	May 27-June 2, 1900	1	1
W.J. McDermott	Actor	May 27-June 2, 1900	1	1		Impersonations
W.J. Summer	Balloon ascensions and parachute dives	May 27-June 2, 1900	1	1
Hilda Thomas and Co.	Actress	June 3-9, 1900	1	1	1
The Solkes	Dancing	June 3-9, 1900	1	1		Group of seven performers
Ameta	Electric dances	June 3-9, 1900	1	1		Known as the Dancing Queen, electric dances called the Dance of Fire and Parisian Illusions
The Lamb Children		June 3-16, 1900	2	1
Pierce and Eghert	Illustrated songs	June 3-9, 1900	1	1
Charleton and Terre	Singing comedians	June 3-9, 1900	1	1
Darmody	Comedy juggler	June 3-9, 1900	1	1
Katherine Osterman	Actress	June 10-16, 1900	1	1	1
Joseph Adelman	Xylophone player	June 10-16, 1900	1	1
Pusey and St. John	Eccentric comedians	June 10-16, 1900	1	1
John and Maude Allison	Comedy actors	June 10-16, 1900	1	1
Stella Reinhart	Clog and soft shoe dancer	June 10-16, 1900	1	1
Rosa Naynon	Animal act	June 17-23, 1900	1	1	1	trained troupe of tropical birds, assisted by Clyde Philips
Murphy and Mack	Irish comedy	June 17-23, 1900	1	1
Frank R. Hoy's Society Entertainers		June 17-23, 1900	1	1
H.S. Vickers	Singing comedian	June 17-23, 1900	1	1
LeClaire and Hayes	Singing and dancing	June 17-23, 1900	1	1
Frederick Hallen and Mollie Fuller	Singing and dancing	June 24-30, 1900	1	1	1	Known as Hallen and Fuller
Arthur Deming	Actor	June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Webb and Hassen	Acrobats and head balancers	June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Beatrice Gambles	Soprano singer	June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Udell and Pierce	Comedians	June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Maude Beale Price		June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Ezra Kendall	Monologue	July 1-7, 1900 July 22-28, 1900	2	1	2
The Knight Brothers	Monologue	July 1-7, 1900	1	1
Holmes and Waldron	Comedy musical artists	July 1-7, 1900	1	1
Murphy and Andrews	Actors	July 1-7, 1900	1	1
The Ivey Comedy Four	Comedians	July 1-7, 1900	1	1
The Great Dilworth Family	Acrobats	July 8-14, 1900	1	1	1	Also billed as "The Great Delworth Troupe"
Oscar P. Sisson and Esther Wallace	Comedians	July 8-14, 1900	1	1		Also known as Sisson and Wallace
Richard and Collin	Irish comedians	July 8-14, 1900	1	1
The Sermon Children	Dancing and singing	July 8-14, 1900	1	1		Aged 5 and 9 years in 1900
The Marvelous Werntz Family	Outdoor gymnasts	July 8-14, 1900	1	1
C.F. Galletti's Monkey Comedians	Animal act	July 15-21, 1900	1	1	1	Consisted of three monkeys
James H. Cullen	Monologue and singing	July 15-21, 1900	1	1
Craig and Ardell	Musical comedians	July 15-21, 1900	1	1
Leo Carle	Violinist, lightning change artist, and impersonator	July 22-28, 1900	1	1		Called "The American Fregoli"
Lizzie M. Wilson	German dialect comedienne	July 22-August 4, 1900	2	1
Eddie Moore	Irish [or German] character comedian and dancer	July 22-28, 1900	1	1
Harry A. Brown	Monologue and rapid crayon artist	July 22-28, 1900	1	1
The Lucados	Balancing and acrobatic act	July 22-28, 1900	1	1
The Four Nelson Sisters	Acrobats	July 22-28, 1900	1	1
Milton and Dolly Nobles	Actors	July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1	1
Frey and Fields	Comedy, buck and wing dancing	July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1
Zavo and Mlle Hilda	Contortionists	July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1
Baby Lund		July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1		Known as "The Cherub"
Le Roys	Dutch comedy	July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1
Silver and Sparks	Musical act with novel instruments	July 29-August 4, 1900	1	1
Pauline Hall	Opera singing	August 5-11, 1900	1	1	1	Known as the "Queen of Light Opera," performed with Francis Wilson in 1900
Francis Wilson	Opera singing	August 5-11, 1900	1	1	1	Performed with Pauline Hall in 1900
Blake and Bishop's Dog and Monkey Circus	Animal act	August 5-11, 1900	1	1
Baker and Lynn	Musical comedy sketch	August 5-11, 1900	1	1
Olvio	Contortionist	August 5-12, 1900	1	1		Known as "The Human Dragon"
Julian Rose	Comedian	August 5-11, 1900	1	1
The Carmen Sisters	Banjo players	August 5-11, 1900	1	1
Keno, Welsh, and Melrose	Comedy acrobats	August 5-11, 1900	1	1
Miss Rose Coghlan and Co.	Actors	August 12-18, 1900	1	1	1
Eddie McDonald	Acrobatic comedians	August 12-18, 1900	1	1
Carter and Ross	Musical comedy	August 12-18, 1900	1	1
The La Monts	Society acrobats	August 12-18, 1900	1	1
Blanche Fayne	Comedienne	August 12-18, 1900	1	1
Irene La Marr	Eccentric dancer	August 12-18, 1900	1	1
Isabelle Urquhart and Co.	Comedy	August 19-25, 1900	1	1	1
M. Francois	Drawing room entertainer	August 19-25, 1900	1	1
Vernon	Ventriloquist	August 19-25, 1900	1	1
The Three Poiriers	Roman ring and bar acrobats	August 19-25, 1900	1	1
The Four Silvinis	Acrobats and contortionists	August 19-25, 1900	1	1
Maurice Barrymore	Actors	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1	1
Moreland, Thompson, and Roberts	Comedy, singing, and dancing	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1
Merritt and Murdock	Comedy	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1
M. and Mme. Nelsonia	Mnemonics	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1
Martinetti and Sutherland	Acrobatic comedy	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1
Hayes and Bandy	Eccentric dancing comedians	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1
Sardonia	Character change act on swinging wire	August 26-September 1, 1900	1	1