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Performing Arts

This is a guide to historical sources on performing arts focusing on the collections in the Chicago Collections Consortium.

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Archival Sources

Kaufmann & Fabry Co. "Arthur Bublitz and Lenore Feldon offer a bit of native dancing [known as] the Jarabe dance, at the Mexican Village at the World's Fair. They are featured in the show that entertains afternoons and nights at the village," ca. 1933-1934. University of Illinois at Chicago, http://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/uic/67/280538t/

Online Sources

Books and Other Published Sources

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