Box Office Men in Indianapolis Theaters
A local feature profiles the box office treasurer and assistant treasurer roles at Indianapolis theaters. It highlights Walter Bowlby and others, detailing duties, seating, courtesy, and long service shaping patron relations at English's Grand Park and Empire venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stret
Httle
Indianapolis
Walter G. Bowlby
Park Theater
Dickson & Talbott
English’s
the Grana
The
Park
Gavin Boys
Bowlby
Walter Bowlby
Old English
Grand
Old Park
Grand Stock Company
Vaude
William F. Leary
Miller
Hearge
Leary
John J. Sullivan
Grand Opera House
Manager Ziegler
Samuel Davis
Sammy
Empire Theater
Davis
D. AL. Daugherty
Georgia
Wahatchie
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dan
Cincinnati
Walnut
Ziegler
Daugherty
Imperial
Tia
Vincent Burke
Young Burke
the Park
Kreber
English's Week at the Park and Empire Features
Next week listings show English's at the Grand Vaudeville with Elsie DeWolfe on Mon Tue Wed and Richard Mansfield Thu Fri Sat. The Park presents In Convict Stripes Mon Tue Wed and The Man Who Cares Thu Fri Sat. Empire shows Cracker Jack Burlesque.
Miss Nina Morris in D'Oley dress and French gowns
Miss Nina Morris stars in the play The man who dared with imported Paris costumes. The first act features a rose pink silk over white skirt with black lace in a D Oley design and a Virot hat. The second dress is black lace, the third act shows gray moire silk with a yellow skirt and gold sleeves, and the finale is a white silk crepe heavily hand embroidered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Morris
Paris
Three Attractions at English's Next Week in Town
Three attractions at English's will open next week with Monday’s Way down east for three days. Thursday and Friday feature Elsie DeWolfe in The way of the world, and Saturday night presents Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar. The Empire vaudeville show at the Grand, Cleveland, includes James Corbett, the Meers, Hal Davis and Inez McCauley, Nora Bayes, Reynard, Parmene brothers, Raymond and Caverley, Clayton Kennedy, Mattie Rooney, and the Geller troupe plus In convict stripes at Park theater early week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie DeWelfe
Richard Mansfield
Park
Man
Empire
Elsie DeWolfe
Empire Theater
Cleveland
Grand
James’j. Corbett
Corbett
Three Meers
Europe
Hal Davis
Inez McCauley
Nora Bayes
Rey
Park Theater
Ancient Patent Medicine Advertisements Fragment
Readable fragments list various patent medicines and tonics such as Hostetter's Bitters Castoria Blood Wine and Emulsion, Chase's Pills, Kopp's Baby Friend, Carter's Liver Pills, and Beef, Wine and Iron. Also mentions prices and sizes including 15c and $1.00 size with references to pills and tonics.
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Ness
J. Scott Siddons
Mary Stoddard
J. Hooker Wright
Vivian Prescott
Nat Jackson
Lillian Niles
Lillian LaVarde
Georges. Leonard
Alice Niles
Howard Hall
Mr. Hall
Count Lorraine
Prince
Princess
Nero
Manchester
the Empire
Harvey Parker
Venus
Florizen
Kelly
Adams
Mayer Sisters
Sweet Singers
Collins
North
Bob van Osten
Dan Daugherty
Sam Davis
William Leary
Fred W. Kreber
James J. Corbett
ATFHE
the Man Who
Miss Morris
Fred B. Comstock
Prop
Haffner
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Rosenbloom
Pennsylvania St
Peruna
Hoyt
Cardus
Small
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
Hostetter’s Bitters
Duffy’s
Horlick’s
Danderine
Eeaeaaee
Castoria
Kopp
Bacon
Celery
Chase’s
Carter
Alonzo Bliss
Navin’s
Senate-ave
Washington-st
Delaware and
Market-sts
Cor
North and
Illinois-sts
Lorette Hotel
Ohio ST
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