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The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920

Subjects

Ireland -- Limerick
Irish
Irish Americans--Alcohol use--Drama.
Irish Connaught Rangers
Irish--United States--Drama.
Irwin, May
Italy -- Rome -- classic -- history
Italy -- Venice
Italy -- Venice -- Doge
Italy -- river -- Tiber
Japanese--United States--Games.
Jaws--Abnormalities--United States.
Jealousy
Jealousy--United States--Drama.
Jerusalem
Jewel thieves--United States--Drama.
Jewelry -- ankle watch
Jewelry theft--United States--Drama.
Jewish -- persecution of Jews
Jewish comedians--United States--Drama.
Jewish culture -- modern vs. traditional
Jewish life -- American Jewish life
Jewish life -- Europe
Jewish life -- New York -- New York City -- Lower East Side
Jewish life -- Russia
Jewish life -- United States
Jewish life -- persecution of Jews
Jewish life -- tenement life -- slums
Jewish life -- village life -- shtetl
Jewish men--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Jews -- diaspora
Jews -- expulsion of Jews
Jews--United States--Drama.
Jibbey, Laura Jean
Joints--Range of motion.
Jokes
Journalism -- Yiddish press
Judaism -- religious observance -- prayer -- psalms
Judicial process -- judge
Judicial system
Judicial system -- judge
Judicial system -- lawsuits
Jugglers--United States.
Juggling
Juggling--United States.
Jumbo (Elephant)
Jumping--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
Justice
Justice -- attributes of justice
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kansas
Keith-Albee's New York Hippodrome--1910-1920.
Keith-Albee's New York Hippodrome--1920-1930.
Kellar, Harry,--1849-1922.
Kentucky
Kidnapping
Kipling, Rudyard
Kissing--Drama.
Kitchen -- country
Kitchen -- old-fashioned
Klondike
Labor -- labor-management relations
Labor -- organization
Labor -- strikes
Labor -- strikes --1893
Labor organizations -- Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)
Lake Michigan
Language -- Russian -- songs
Language -- cursing
Language -- grandiose
Language -- speech -- elocution
Language style -- elocution
Language style -- fruit imagery
Language style -- grandiose
Language style -- malapropisms
Language style -- metaphors -- literal interpretation
Language style -- miscommunications
Language style -- miscues
Language style -- narrative joke
Language style -- nonsense -- French
Language style -- nonsense -- German
Language style -- puns
Language style -- slang
Language style -- word play
Languages -- French -- attitudes towards French
Languages -- Russian
Lantern slides--1900-1910.
Lantern slides--1920-1930.
Lass -- class distinctions
Latin America
Laurier, Wilfred
Law -- Jewish law -- halacha
Law -- breach of promise laws -- abuse of breach of promise laws
Law enforcement -- arrest
Law enforcement -- burglar -- capture
Law enforcement -- capital punishment
Law enforcement -- capital punishment -- firing squad
Law enforcement -- police
Law enforcement -- police magistrates
Law enforcement -- revenue officer

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