
Ernestine Meyers, c. 1920
Gelatin silver print, printed 1976
13-3/4 x 11 inches (34.9 x 27.9 cm)
Private collection
The daughter of MLB player Albert “Cod” Myers, Ernestine Myers (1900–91) was born in Terre Haute. She performed acrobatic toe dances, ballet and Creole folk styles in both Keith and Shubert vaudeville, and in the legit she danced with the Ziegfeld Follies and in the extravaganza Sinbad (1918) with Al Jolson…
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