Historical Portrait
Madge Ashton, Vaudeville Performer Portrait, 1911
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Public-domain 1911 portrait of Madge Ashton, vaudeville performer connected to San Francisco's Orpheum theater circuit. Autographed historical photograph.
About this photograph
This portrait of vaudeville performer Madge Ashton was taken on 16 July 1911 by Terkelson & Henry. The photograph is autographed and connects Ashton to San Francisco's Orpheum theater circuit.
The record identifies Ashton as a vaudeville performer but provides no details of her act, career span, or background. The Orpheum theater circuit reference places her within San Francisco's entertainment world, though the nature of her connection to that circuit is not specified.
The photograph was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available. Such items come from many separate local institutions across the state.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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