Jennings Tent Show Company, Photograph Collection, 1910-1920
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10605/370803
Title: Jennings Tent Show Company Photograph Collection
Date(s) (Inclusive): 1910-1920
Collection # SWCPC 367 E2-E5
Extent(s): 10 postcards, 38 photos, 56 copy prints
Provenance: Donated by Marguerite Jennings Secrist, 1977
Language(s): English.
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
Scope and Contents: Consists of photographs of the Jennings Tent Show Company and entertainers (1910-1920). Thomas Jennings formed the Jennings Dramatic Company in 1920 and toured California and the Midwest. The Jennings tent show performed in small towns through the 1920s and 1930s. Tom's daughter, Marguerite Jennings Secrist, was a player in the traveling company.
Access Restrictions: Open for research.