Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
92.13.001
Accession#:
92.13
Credit Line:
Donated by Katherine Shaw.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
"1926 Cast Of Purple Flashes Elks Musical Comedy" Photograph
Photographer:
W. P. Company
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
08/27/1926
Description:
8" x 10" black and white photo of cast of "Purple Flashes" an Elk's musical comedy. Printing on front. Cast arranged in 3 rows on stage. Written in pencil on back, right to left:
Front Row: Ruth Krugness Blake / Dora Lundstrom Sweeney / Mildred Morrison / Agnes Pademistes / (?) / Evelyn Judson McLean / Gertrude Waltonin Polley / Alberta Gallwas / Henrietta Sully / Frances Messerschmidt / Alma Weil
2nd Row: Grace (?) Davis Ramsey / (?) / Mildred Erickson / (?) / Max Pitschmann Fremming / Jack Hargher (tailor) / Mildred Hooker Cashen / Natalie Kasheroff / Nadia Kasherof Tripplett / (?)
3rd Row: (?) / Harry Sperling
Back Row: Rae Stevens
Inscription: "Cast of 'Purple Flashes / Elks Musical Comedy. / August 17—18 1926 / Coliseum Theatre / WP Co"
Notes:
Given to donor Katherine Shaw in January 1992 by Frances Messerschmidt Stephensen, who is pictured Row 1 Number 3. Articles advertising the show appeared in several issues of the "Alaska Daily Empire" — specifically Saturday, August 14, l926 edition.
People:
Blake, Ruth Krugness
Sweeney, Dora Lundstrom
Morrison, Mildred
Pademistes, Agnes
McLean, Evelyn Judson
Polley, Gertrude
Gallwas, Alberta
Sully, Henrietta
Messerscmidt, Frances
Weil, Alma
Ramsey, Grace Davis
Erickson, Mildred
Pitschmann, Max Fremming
Hargher, Jack
Cashen, Mildred Hooker
Kasheroff, Natalie
Tripplett, Nadia Kasherof
Sperling, Harry
Stevens, Rae
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"1926 Cast Of Purple Flashes E
"1926 Cast Of Purple Flashes E