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| Title | Jess Libonati, ca. 1916-1917 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1916-1917 |
| Notes | Jess Libonati was a ragtime zylophonist. According to the Carl Reiter Orpheum scrapbooks, he appeared at the Orpheum Theater for a week beginning April 29, 1916 and at the Moore Theater for a week beginning Oct. 24, 1917.
Autograph on photo.
PH Coll 569.132 |
| Contextual Notes | Charles "Tiny" Burnett was known for his popular orchestra leadership in the Orpheum Circuit vaudeville theaters here from 1915-1933. Over the years, Burnett amassed a large collection of souvenir photographs from the performers with whom he worked. Many of the photographs are studio portraits signed with fond notes by the performers, who range from novelty acts and circus attractions to opera singers and silent film actors.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Musicians |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Libonati, Jess; Theater--United States--History--20th century |
| Location Depicted | United States |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC1959
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collection Division |
| Repository Collection | Charles "Tiny" Burnett photograph collection. PH Coll 569 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanner 1000x at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
