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25 minutes, full stage. Five colored people – 3 men and 2 women, Singing, dancing and talking. This act goes very big for about 15 minutes but hurt the act the balance of the time they were on the stage. If they were doing about 15 or 16 minutes I think it would be a great act. It is very rough and we had to tone it down considerable [sic]. If they were allowed to do as they please it would be positively filthy.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 28 November 1904-28 August 1905