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YHR-2 – In their new act, “Wireless Telegraphy”. This is simply the old haunted house idea which has been produced in minstrelsy ever since the origin of burnt cork performers, but Tom Lewis is certainly the funniest black comedian in a sketch that I know of, and I don’t know that I ever heard an audience scream as loudly as they did at him this afternoon. It was a tremendous hit from start to finish. 19 minutes, full stage.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903