Today is the birthday of Joe Fox (Joseph Monahan, 1852-?) With William H. Ward (1852-?) he formed minstrelsy’s longest-lasting duo. Having started in Cincinnati in 1868, they were still going in vaudeville as late as 1916 (I found a reference to them playing Pittsburg that year). Painted in burnt cork, they tumbled and clog danced, [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:50AM on May 7, 2013