Guy, Peggy, active 1955

Date: 1956

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Variety-1956-01

Description: Poster for a variety show five photographs of individual performers Russell Muir (juggler), Vantini (clown), Rusty Greaves (yodelling cowboy), Jill Brooker (contortionist), and another comedian. Other performers listed include: Cliff Shirley (tenor), Pearl Schumacher (piano accordion), Joe Thompson [sic] (comedian), Watson Raines, Peggy Guy (tap dancer), Tony Brooks (dancer), Val Muir (soubrette), The Russvals (juggling), Nelle Maybury ("wizard of the keyboard"). A 1955 poster with a similar list of performers spells the comedian's name as Joe Thomson (no "p") Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and block print, on two joined sheets totalling 975 x 380 mm.

Date: 1955

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Variety-1955-01

Description: Poster advertising a variety show, with a photograph of the Wakefield brothers, in front of an audience of 3,212 patrons in the Dunedin Town Hall. The poster lists performers: Pearl Schumacher (piano accordion), Russell Muir (juggler), Roy Cook (Al Jolson impersonator), Stanley Ivey (musician), Peggy Guy (tap dancer), the Wakefield Brothers, Watson Raines (ventriloquist), Aroha Paahi ("Maori nightingale"). Andrews Liver Salt Sisters, Tom Fagin (trumpet), Allen Van (dancer), Desmond & Dolores (dancers), Martha Malcolm ("N.Z.'s Teresa Brewer"), Joe Thomson (comedian), Nelle Maybury (keyboard). According to perpetual calendar date is either 1955 or 1960. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and relief print on sheet 1015 x 380 mm.