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Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French

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Title
Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
Additional title: Alice Eis Scrapbook
Names
Eis, Alice, approximately 1890-1956 (Compiler)
Crawford, Barbara (Donor)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1913-01 - 1915-04
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZRS 94-2662
Topics
Eis, Alice, approximately 1890-1956
French, Bert, approximately 1884-1924
Dancers -- United States
Vaudeville
Dance -- United States -- 1911-1920
Genres
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Photographs
Notes
Content: Lacking pages 37-42.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Content: Large format clippings
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Acquisition: Gift of Barbara Crawford, 1994.
Physical Description
Extent: 83 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Description
Newspaper clippings and press reviews, January 1913-April 1915, documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French. Their repertory of performances on the Hammerstein vaudeville circuit included Rouge et noir, The Vampire, Dance of the temptress, and The dance of fortune, and an Apache dance that led to their arrest on charges of indecency.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY94-B408
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12239783
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ac2fb00-61c0-013a-7b51-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Creator Born
  • 1913: Created (Approximate)
  • 1956: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1913 - 1915. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5c3f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5c3f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1913 - 1915). Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-5c3f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French