Vaudeville flirtation act dress worn by Nellie Burt
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Handmade dress worn in vaudeville performances by actress Nellie Burt. The dress is made of blue satin with black velvet check patterns and three tulips applied to pink bodice. The costume also includes a white apron. Burt was a comedian and actress who performed a "flirtation act" involving witty repartee while dancing with partner Billy Gould in the years leading up to 1905, when the act broke up. Burt was donor's great-aunt. Donor stated that Nellie wore this dress while performing a 14-week stint at Tony Pastor's Opera House in New York City. Burt was born about 1850 and died in 1916.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: associated subject
content: Vaudeville
label: associated subject
content: Theater
label: associated subject
content: Comedy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jean P. Warner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0002.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0002
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0002.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 115 cm x 70 cm; 45 9/32 in x 27 9/16 in