Arthur Babcock married "Dolly" Tetreault on June 8, 1914 in Manhattan. Together they performed as "Babcock and Dolly," a vaudeville act that toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico. His obituary in the Providence Journal notes that "Mr. Babcock, who was a tumbler and acrobat, was billed as the first showman to do the act in business attire." The couple performed comic skits and "Mademoiselle Dolly" designed her own dresses, with the press often claiming that the fashions came direct from Paris. (Mademoiselle Dolly was born in the province of Quebec, Canada.)
Mrs. Babcock's sister, Albina "Rena," also performed on the vaudeville circuit with her husband Glen Edmunds. They called themselves Edmunds and LaVelle (or Edmunds and LaValle) and performed in blackface, sometimes with Glen Edmunds in explicit or traditional blackface and Rena LaVelle playing a light-complexioned black man.
The Great Depression promoted the Babcocks couple to leave the stage. They permanently moved to Riverside in 1931 and oped a drygoods store.
Arthur Babcock was the son of Clark D. and Emma Babcock, and brother of Harold, Ethel, Helen, Sydney, and Florence.
Mrs. Babcock's sister, Albina "Rena," also performed on the vaudeville circuit with her husband Glen Edmunds. They called themselves Edmunds and LaVelle (or Edmunds and LaValle) and performed in blackface, sometimes with Glen Edmunds in explicit or traditional blackface and Rena LaVelle playing a light-complexioned black man.
The Great Depression promoted the Babcocks couple to leave the stage. They permanently moved to Riverside in 1931 and oped a drygoods store.
Arthur Babcock was the son of Clark D. and Emma Babcock, and brother of Harold, Ethel, Helen, Sydney, and Florence.
Arthur Babcock married "Dolly" Tetreault on June 8, 1914 in Manhattan. Together they performed as "Babcock and Dolly," a vaudeville act that toured the United States, Canada, and Mexico. His obituary in the Providence Journal notes that "Mr. Babcock, who was a tumbler and acrobat, was billed as the first showman to do the act in business attire." The couple performed comic skits and "Mademoiselle Dolly" designed her own dresses, with the press often claiming that the fashions came direct from Paris. (Mademoiselle Dolly was born in the province of Quebec, Canada.)
Mrs. Babcock's sister, Albina "Rena," also performed on the vaudeville circuit with her husband Glen Edmunds. They called themselves Edmunds and LaVelle (or Edmunds and LaValle) and performed in blackface, sometimes with Glen Edmunds in explicit or traditional blackface and Rena LaVelle playing a light-complexioned black man.
The Great Depression promoted the Babcocks couple to leave the stage. They permanently moved to Riverside in 1931 and oped a drygoods store.
Arthur Babcock was the son of Clark D. and Emma Babcock, and brother of Harold, Ethel, Helen, Sydney, and Florence.
Mrs. Babcock's sister, Albina "Rena," also performed on the vaudeville circuit with her husband Glen Edmunds. They called themselves Edmunds and LaVelle (or Edmunds and LaValle) and performed in blackface, sometimes with Glen Edmunds in explicit or traditional blackface and Rena LaVelle playing a light-complexioned black man.
The Great Depression promoted the Babcocks couple to leave the stage. They permanently moved to Riverside in 1931 and oped a drygoods store.
Arthur Babcock was the son of Clark D. and Emma Babcock, and brother of Harold, Ethel, Helen, Sydney, and Florence.
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