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Miss Nellie Reed
Chicago's awful theater horror

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Title
Miss Nellie Reed
Description
Caption: "Miss Nellie Reed, Leader of the Flying Ballet, killed by the fire." From text: "Miss Nellie Reed, the principal of the flying ballet, which was in place for its appearance near the top part of the stage, was so badly burned by the flames before she was able to escape that she afterward died at the county hospital. The other members of the flying ballet were not injured."
Date
1904  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagosawfulthe00ever_0174.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosawfulthe00ever#page/n173/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosawfulthe00ever
Subject
Ballet dancers  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago's awful theater horror  
Author of the Book
Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleMiss Nellie Reed
DescriptionCaption: "Miss Nellie Reed, Leader of the Flying Ballet, killed by the fire." From text: "Miss Nellie Reed, the principal of the flying ballet, which was in place for its appearance near the top part of the stage, was so badly burned by the flames before she was able to escape that she afterward died at the county hospital. The other members of the flying ballet were not injured."
Date1904  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagosawfulthe00ever_0174.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosawfulthe00ever#page/n173/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosawfulthe00ever
SubjectBallet dancers  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago's awful theater horror  
Author of the BookEverett, Marshall, 1863-1939.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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