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Dudley Buck Quartet Broadside

Dudley Buck Quartet Broadside - Broadside
Accession #: 4356.12
Title: Dudley Buck Quartet Broadside
Object Type: Broadside
Participants:
Physical Description: Thick paper with black print (see inscription field for details) advertising the Dudley Buck Quartet (The Scott Sisters), there is a black and white image of the Scott Sisters in Scottish costume in the center of the broadside.
Description: Four sisters, born in Scotland and Ontario, Canada, arrived in the Inland Northwest by the early 1880s and performed in Scottish costume throughout the Northwest and British Columbia as the "Dudley Buck Quartette, the "Singing Scott Sisters," and possibly the "Royal Highlander Quartette." The young women were especially proud to sing at the 1896 St. Louis World's Fair.
Category: History
Related Objects:
4356.2 (Dudley Buck Quartet (Singing Scott Sisters), Costume, Performance; Jacket, Singing Scott Sisters Quartet Jacket, 1894 - 1910)
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Photograph (Artwork), Publication (Communication)
Geographical Reference: Spokane (Washington->Spokane County); St. Louis (National->Missouri)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 11 x 13 "
Materials/Techniques:
paper (Material)
Marks/Inscription:
Dudley Buck Quartet | Spokane's Worlds Fair Singers assisted by Neil M. Forester and other Excellent Talent |The Scott Sisters | In the Greatest of Scottish Songs and Classical Music | How Spokane will be Represented at the S. Louis Exposition | Auspices Independent Order of Foresters Quartets | Quartettes, Trios, Duetts, Solos, Readings, Sword Dance, Highland Fling, Bagpipes, and other Scottish phases of Song and Amusement | Prices 75, 50, and 35 Cents | Spokane Theatre Thurs, June 16
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Gift of Robert, David and Pamela Abernethy, 2015

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