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Avil and Grimm. Collection of Avil and Grimm ephemera, circa 1904-1913.
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Title:

Collection of Avil and Grimm ephemera, circa 1904-1913

Creator/Contributor:

Avil and Grimm, creator

Abstract:

Contains schedules of theater bookings, photographs and other miscellaneous items. Photographs include professional shots of Avil and Grimm seperatly and one while portaying their character's the Zulu Kids in black face.

Date:

1904 (issued)

Subject:

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Avil, Arthur
Avil and Grimm -- Archives
Avil and Grimm -- Photographs
Acrobats -- California
Blackface entertainers -- California -- San Francisco
Blackface entertainers -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Vaudeville -- California -- San Francisco

Note:

Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3404.
Collection processed at folder level in 2006.
Collection of Avil and Grimm ephemera, BANC MSS 2006/228, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Avil and Grimm were vaudeville entertainers calling themselves "Comedy Gymnasts" from San Francisco, Calif. at the beginning of the 20th Century. Avil was Arthur Avil.
In English.

Type:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 box (.2 linear ft.)
1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 3595) and positive.

Language:

English

Origin:

California