Josephine Gassman & Two Pickaninnies

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12 mins-Open in 1-Kitchen in 2; elapse in one – Josephine’s act is not up to the standard. Her appearance was almost disgusting to a refined taste, and before she had worked four minutes she was sweaty, slimey and sloppy, owning probably to her black make-up. She had two new pickannies who could not work. We have buried the act in the show and docked her salary twenty five ($25) dollars.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903