Boudini Brothers Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster advertising the Boudini Brothers and other acts at The Empire, possibly in London or elsewhere in Great Britain. Phil and Dan Boudini were accordionists who appeared as a vaudeville act during the 1910s and 1920s and performed on the Orpheum Circuit. When Phil left the act in 1917, Dan’s wife Adele Bernard joined until they ended the act in 1928.

Also listed on the poster: Ted Holland's Vaudeville Entertainers, Weston's Living Models, Edith Boulton, Knowles & Lee, Cunningham & Rose, Brasch & Bobo, The Miltons, Mann & Franks, The Caselli Sisters, Geraldine Moreton, Jack Thomson, The Gresham Four.

Materials, dates and provenance

• referenced: Boudini Brothers
• Object Name: poster
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 40 in x 15 in; 101.6 cm x 38.1 cm
• Subject: Theater, Vaudeville
• ID Number: 1990.0583.10
• catalog number: 1990.0583.10
• accession number: 1990.0583
• Credit Line: Gloria K. Pocobello
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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