Things We Don't Talk About Like Politics & Religion

Things We Don't Talk About Like Politics & Religion

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Things We Don't Talk About Like Politics & Religion
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From Coal Mines to Broadway - The Vaudeville Career of The Pearson Brothers

From Coal Mines to Broadway - The Vaudeville Career of The Pearson Brothers

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Dec 31, 2019
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From Coal Mines to Broadway - The Vaudeville Career of The Pearson Brothers
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Introduction

Tony Pastor is credited with started the first Vaudeville show in 1881

Earl and Carl Pearson are great-uncles of mine, who were brothers to my grandmother, Irene Pearson-Henderson. From the time I was a young boy I heard stories about them and their 26-year career on the stage. From 1919 to 1945, the Pearson Trio (Earl’s wife Cleo Newport joi…

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