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Word: eisfeldt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. May Irwin (Mrs. Kurt Eisfeldt), 76, famed oldtime comedienne, the toast of Broadway in the early 1900s; of bronchopneumonia; in Manhattan. Her only cinema appearance (the 50-foot May Irwin-John C. Rice Kiss, which Thomas A. Edison made) shocked the '90s. Some of the famed songs she introduced: Hear Dem Bells, After the Ball Is Over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 31, 1938 | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

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