Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-23
GEORGE H.. PRIMROSE,
MINSTREL, DEAD
Famed as Blacktace Comedian
and Clog and Soft
Shoe" Dancer
FROM B0YHoOD TO AGE


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h frlmroso famous minstrel. died her"
TO-DAY. Following severe Illness thht
began on" month ago lie was b0ru
in London. Ontario. SiNty-SlN years ago.
widow and brother Snrvlr" hlm
here.
frImr0S" began ms stage career when
htt""n Years old ana IS credited with
having originated S0tt Sh"e dhnclnG. vi
late wears ne mas app'hrrd on th"
vaudeville stage
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snin;, ,.,rId M, he contained in the
r,,;ot,do Of tho simnle life.
prir,ro,o was horn in Rufalo. \. Y,
:, ,S[9 and os ho Inns said no "took
- d.rcirc ss n duck takes to water. e
IIo ,,.o, ore of six brothers. and the
o,I, ono to On on the stage He made
bis 6rst Duhlic snnearance in Detroit
M;oh q, - hov of fifteen boiup billed
IT, thor ioirod tho ..\ov Orleans Min
stro,s " rotrrninc 70 RuAelo where h,
n,o+ yy;u;or n Wos- thc two forming
:, cIoso fr;crdsbin and Il nortnprshin il
clio, dorcinc that mad. tho tenn
far'ov. tho rouDtrv ovor. il was main
.,;,od ,,,t;I Vast do.th n ro,r hofor,
pr;r,roso.O ..rotiromort'' that didn't re
t;nn hir,
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lheF ai'rrWaru Jo'neu summons ant
Hlocum MhhStreis' III ih'laue'ph"'
| Primrose ana west Jolned haV"rlY
minStr'ls November ~ lNif' contnu
ing with that troupe until June IA
1SI1. Then followed the formation o.
Barlow, Wilson. Primrose and Wost''
minstrels. in which Milt &. BARLOW anc
George Wilson were associated witt
Primrose and West. In lSS2 the or
ganization became Thatcher, Primrose
and Vests minstrels. In 1899 tn,
dissolution of that firm took place anC
after that the company was known a,
Primrose aud Vests minstrels. bccom
ing famous from ocean to ocean.
A great many men who afterward
became famous. beside Sol Smith Rus
sell and knight, were Chauncey Olcott
RAYMOND Moore. of Sweet Marie
celebrity. Julius Witmark. Banks Win
ter, author of white Wings" an,
Frank Howard. the famous tenor. VIII
wrote 'When the Robins Nest Again
and "Only a Pansy Blossom"
George Primrose's career NAV h
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