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Letter: Valdosta, Georgia to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, possibly 1927

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Stein, Luke

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Letter from Luke Stein, owner and manager of the Palace Theatre in Valdosta, Georgia, to his brother Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, probably dated 1927, regarding theater business. Luke explains that Bessie Smith was supposed to wire him Monday and that he wants her to perform the week of his tent show, because he expects low profits otherwise. He asks Ben to get in touch with Smith if he knows where she is. Luke remarks that if he cannot play Smith on percentage he does not want her to come in. He reports that the Ritz Theatre opened successfully, but that business has slowed. Luke asks Ben to let him know when he has a film concern before he writes. He concludes with travel plans including trips to Jacksonville, Florida, Macon, Georgia, and Atlanta, Georgia. Luke remarks that he is closing the letter because the show is out and he is tired.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Blues (Music)
  3. Blues Musicians
  4. Boxing
  5. Contracts For Work And Labor
  6. Employment
  7. Entertainment Events
  8. Georgia
  9. Macon
  10. Motion Picture Theaters
  11. Music
  12. Musicians
  13. Negotiation
  14. Palace Theatre (Valdosta, Ga.)
  15. Ritz Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
  16. Smith, Bessie, 1894 1937
  17. Stein, Ben
  18. Tent Shows
  19. Theaters
  20. To 1931
  21. United States
  22. Valdosta
  23. Vaudeville
  24. Women
  25. Women Blues Musicians

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