Overview
Photographs and other material documenting the Ader family's juggling act.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1910
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.3 linear feet (1 box)Approximately 60 cabinet cards, professional photographs, snapshots, programs, artwork, and ephemera; with David Ader's union dues book and the route book of the family filled with names, places, hotels, and locations played.
Biographical / Historical
The Ader Brothers of Philadelphia (Pa.) performed variations on the standard club, ball, and ring juggling popular in vaudeville; photographs show the brothers juggling banjos, juggling on roller skates, and juggling trumpets while playing them. Photographs also show from two to four brothers performing or in portraits.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020MT-75. Purchased with funds from the Rose and Marian Hannah Winter Fund, 2019 November.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Melanie Wisner, 2019 December.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 December 16
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03295
Repository Details
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