Sidney, George (1877-1945)
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Sidney, George, 1916-2002
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content: George Sidney Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1909-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0867, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains material related to George Sidney, vaudevillian and uncle of George Sidney the film director.  This series contains material related to George's career as both a vaudeville performer and motion-picture actor.  There are numerous photographs of one of George's most popular and well known characters, Busy Izzy.  There is a scrapbook of press clippings and programs from George's association with the theatrical production Welcome Stranger, 1918-1923.  Ephemera include baseball season passes, a Senate gallery pass, and an MGM screening pass.  There is material related to his racing interests and racehorse named Kibbitzer.