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Oh hells yes she did.
From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; July 18, 1843.
(Incidentally, I searched through a couple of weeks’ worth of issues prior to that one trying to dig up what Isaac originally said about her, but it was nowhere to be found.)
Victorian rehab!
From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; September 6, 1893.
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“I want to exchange a double barrel shot gun for information leading me to a good woman willing to marry me.”
Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.
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Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.
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From the New York Times; June 15, 1880.
Thomas Sanders, an early partner in and first treasurer of the Bell Telephone Company, in 1878.
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“Pyramid telephone switchboard, installed at Richmond, Va., 1882.”
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“Tude Hamilton, the noted auctioneer, will not go west, all stories to the contrary notwithstanding, and will cry all sales promptly.”
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German magician Alexander Heimburger (a.k.a. Alexander the Conjurer) with Harry Houdini and two unidentified women, ca. 1900.
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![Actor Edward Askew Sothern, ca. 1860s-1870s. (via)
On 15 October 1858, Our American Cousin premiered in New York. After a couple of unhappy weeks in the small role [of Lord Dundreary], Sothern began portraying the role as a lisping, skipping, eccentric, weak-minded fop prone to nonsensical references to sayings of his “bwother” Sam. His ad-libs were a sensation, earning good notices for his physical comedy and spawning much imitation and merry mockery on both sides of the Atlantic. His exaggerated, droopy side-whiskers became known as “Dundrearys”. Sothern gradually expanded the role, adding gags and business until it became the central figure of the play.
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Actor Edward Askew Sothern, ca. 1860s-1870s. (via)
On 15 October 1858, Our American Cousin premiered in New York. After a couple of unhappy weeks in the small role [of Lord Dundreary], Sothern began portraying the role as a lisping, skipping, eccentric, weak-minded fop prone to nonsensical references to sayings of his “bwother” Sam. His ad-libs were a sensation, earning good notices for his physical comedy and spawning much imitation and merry mockery on both sides of the Atlantic. His exaggerated, droopy side-whiskers became known as “Dundrearys”. Sothern gradually expanded the role, adding gags and business until it became the central figure of the play.
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