Tom Show Notices, &c., in Billboard

  The Billboard began appearing in 1894 as a 4-page trade paper for the outdoor advertising industry, but within a few years it also became the bulletin board for America's traveling entertainment industry. Circuses, minstrel shows, Wild West shows and Tom Shows posted notices, ads, itineraries and related items to its pages. It thus serves as a good way to chart the fortunes of the Uncle Tom's Cabin companies in the early 20th century, from the end of their heyday through their decline as a new entertainment medium called motion pictures took the place of live performances across small town America.

  Accessible below is every reference to the Tom Shows that appeared in The Billboard during the years 1901, 1906 and 19ll.









FULL-PAGE AD FROM THE BILLBOARD
15 December 1906
             1901

  • 43 Brief Notices
        Billboard   (January - December, 1901)
  • 22 Dramatic Notices
        Billboard   (January - November, 1901)
  • "UTC Proofreader Dying"
        Billboard   (9 February, 1901)
  • Stetson's UTC "Broke All Records"
        Billboard   (16 February, 1901)
  • "Bailey's Uncle Tom Show"
        Billboard   (3 August, 1901)
  • Al. W. Martin's UTC in Michigan
        Billboard   (12 October, 1901)
  • "Notes from the Stewart Family"
        Billboard   (19 October, 1901)
  • Al. W. Martin's UTC in Kentucky
        Billboard   (16 November, 1901)
  • Martin's Roster
        Billboard   (28 December, 1901)
  • 13 Al. W. Martin Notices
        Billboard   (April - December, 1901)


    •             1906

  • UTC in Maritime Provinces
        Billboard   (13 January 1906)
  • 35 Dramatic Notices
        Billboard   (January - December, 1906)
  • 25 "Tom Show" Want Ads
        Billboard   (January - December, 1906)
  • 4 UTC Company For Sale Ads
        Billboard   (January - March, 1906)
  • "UT Had Better Watch Out in Kentucky"
        Billboard   (27 January 1906)
  • "Wanted: Actors and Musicians"
        Billboard   (10 February 1906)
  • "Gussie Hart's Tragic Death"
        Billboard   (3 March 1906)
  • "Survival of the Fittest"
        Billboard   (10 March 1906)
  • "Martin's UT Show"
        Billboard   (28 July 1906)
  • Letter from Leon Washburn
        Billboard   (4 August 1906)
  • Letter from J. D. Chunn
        Billboard   (4 August 1906)
  • "Jennie Yeamans Dead"
        Billboard   (15 December 1906)
  • "Observations of a Stroller"
        Billboard   (15 December 1906)
  • "Supreme in His Field"
        Billboard   (29 December 1906)


    •             1911

  • 6 Brief Notices
        Billboard   (January - December, 1911)
  • 45 Tom Show Want Ads
        Billboard   (January - December, 1911)
  • Small Theatrical War
        Billboard   (29 April 1911)
  • 3 Film Ads
        Billboard   (May - December, 1911)
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