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020    9781502700216 
020    1502700212 
040    INap|beng|erda|cINap 
092    977.327|bOHA 
100 1  O'Hara,  Richard,|d1948- 
245 10 On stage :|bStreator's vaudeville and minstrel stars /
       |cRichard O'Hara. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bCreateSpace 
       Independent Publishing Platform,|c[2014] 
300    vii, 189 pages :|billustrations ;|c28 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Although it’s a small town, Streator’s contributions to 
       the world of entertainment are legendary. The top of the 
       list belongs to Honey Boy Evans, a Streator lad who became
       America’s greatest minstrel. He was known and respected 
       throughout the country, and was supremely talented and 
       successful. Today we’d call him a superstar and he could 
       have gone far, but death touched him early and he died at 
       45. The Streator Zouaves were a sensational stage act; 
       America’s best drill team. They were often the top-billed 
       act in the best Vaudeville houses of the day and the stars
       of circuses, encampments and expositions. The book 
       includes a brief history of Vaudeville and the minstrel 
       show, those uniquely American styles of entertainment. The
       story of Streator’s playhouses is also explored, and 
       another character is introduced, a dancer by the name of 
       Estralita who played on the Vaudeville circuit in the ‘20s
       and beyond. She left behind in Streator a concise summary 
       of her career in the form of sixteen rare publicity 
       photographs. These are incorporated, along with rare 
       images drawn from local and international sources and the 
       author’s own collection. 
650  0 Vaudeville|zIllinois|zStreator. 
650  0 Minstrel shows. 
650  0 Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)|zIllinois
       |zStreator. 
651  0 Streator (Ill.)|xHistory.