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| Title | Life With Mother at Empire Theatre at night, New York, N.Y. |
| Date of Original | 1948 or 1949 |
| Description | A view of the sign at the Empire Theatre advertising the play Life With Mother with actors Dorothy Stickney and Howard Lindsay. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Entertainment
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Signs (Notices)
Theaters
Theatrical productions
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| Personal Name | Stickney, Dorothy
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968
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| Organization Name | Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y. : Broadway)
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| Location | New York (N.Y.)
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 10090-01-06-14 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Dorothy Stickney was born in Dickinson, and acted in Vaudeville and summer stock before beginning on Broadway in 1926. She gained fame and awards for her role as Mother in the long-running production of "Life With Father", in which she starred with her husband Howard Lindsay. She received the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in 1961.
Howard Lindsay was born Herman S. Nelke in 1889. He was a theatrical producer, director, playwright, and actor. He was a frequent collaborator with Russel Crouse, with whom he shared the Pulitzer Prize for drama with 1946's The State of the Union. They also won a Tony award together for The Sound of Music. Lindsay worked with his wife Dorothy Stickney in the long-running play Life With Father, and later in Life With Mother. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Dorothy Stickney Papers Mss 10090
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| Collection Finding Aid | http://history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/10090.html |
| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (10090-01-06-14) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh10090010614 |
| OCLC number | 17998566 |
