Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ching Ling Foo -- November 4, 2012

Ching Ling Foo (Chee Ling Qua) was a Chinese-born magician who toured the United States in vaudeville and the Ziegfeld Follies.  Here he played around Labor Day at Keith's, one of the major vaudeville houses in New York.  Amelia Summerville and Francesca Redding were popular actresses, here appeared in a one act. 

From the 03-November-1899 New York Tribune.

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