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Oswegonian Profiles Lottie Blair Parker and Way Down East
A feature on Oswegonian writer and actress Lottie Blair Parker, creator of the melodrama Way Down East. Traces her Oswego roots, career arc, family ties, notable works, and her later life and burial, with context on the Richardson Theater exhibit and local theater history efforts in Oswego.
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Oswego
Richardson Theater
Lottie Blair Parker
Charlotte M. Blair
George and
Emily Blair
W. Bridge St
Lottie
Oswego State Normal School
Boston
New York City
Henry Doel Parker
New England
New York
Hazel Kirke
Parkers
Henry Parker
Capt. Blair
David Carson
New York Times
Aderewe
New York World- Telegram
Itober
Great Neck