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 | 1 | 1 | 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 |