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Harumph!!!
I come to UHub for serious,respectable news. If I wanted to see smut like this,I'd go to Huffington Post.
Seriously,though
I LOVE historical photos. Any subject,any era.
You gotta be kidding me!!
A: I'm going to hazard a guess here and say that you aren't contributing much if at all monetarily to keeping UHub running so why are you taking the content so personally?
B: The Combat Zone is just as much a part of the historical fabric of Boston as anything else. While I'm sure most native Bostonians would like to put that era behind us, history is history and it's nice to take a peek, shall we say, back every once in a while on what used to be.
Stop and think.
Stop and think.
Don't forget Sally Keith!
You can't talk about burlesque in Scollay square without mentioning the famous tassel-twirling Sally Keith!
http://www.bambinomusical.com/Scollay/Sally.html
The stories and then sum+
My grandfather was a habitue of the theatres and entertainment of 'ole Scollay Square for many years. He was according to my mother and siblings frequently in-town at the 'theatre'.
He would shock his sister during holiday banter with his tales on Fanny Brice, Sally Rand, and Ann Corio and other girls of theatre. His old-maid sister would always ask, "What, where they wearing, James?" His response, "Fans, bubbles and boas."
It wasn't till I was pre-adolescent, that I began to fathom 'the naughty exploits of my grandfather.' He was married at 16.
He Read Playboy For The Articles, Too
My Dad always said that he went for the strippers but it was the comics he really remembered. I tend to believe that. He could name a stripper or two, but he could quote the comic's routines verbatim.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
The Old Howard lives in plaque form
The stage was, according to the historical plaque, situated between 1 City Plaza and the courthouse. Accordingly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatch/493618689/
They tear down the building,
They tear down the building, and then pat themselves on the back for putting up a plaque that no one sees.
Make way
I love the photo of Sweet Susan Shaw crossing the street. With the policeman there, it is like a burlesque version of make way for ducklings.