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<p>Created page with &quot;Harris&#039;s parents left show business for the first time in 1934. They went back to it in 1935 with a medicine show. The medicine show disbanded in Houston in 1937 and marked th...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Harris's parents left show business for the first time in 1934. They went back to it in 1935 with a medicine show. The medicine show disbanded in Houston in 1937 and marked the end of their show business careers. They remained in Houston<br /> <br /> <br /> ==General Interview Information==<br /> <br /> '''Interviewee Name:''' Roberta Harris<br /> <br /> '''Additional Parties Recorded:'''<br /> <br /> '''Date:''' March 13, 1984<br /> <br /> '''Location:''' Houston, Texas<br /> <br /> '''Interviewer:''' Clifford Ashby<br /> <br /> '''Length:''' 00:12:12<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Abstract==<br /> <br /> Ms. Harris's mother was born in Buffalo, NY in 1894. In the early 1900's (at around age 10), she began singing in theaters and was known as &quot;The Little Girl with the Big Voice&quot;. Harris's father was a singer from PA, sang 2nd bass in vaudville shows. Harris's parents met while both performing bvaudeville prior to WWI. Harris's father jpined the military for WWI. Her mother contuniued performing and travelled to Florida in a Morgan Tent Show and was a single woman, which was odd in those days. When father returned from the service, they married. After marrying, they began their own show and travelled with a man named Meyers. Harris's father played the &quot;straight man&quot; to Meyers's &quot;funny man&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Access Information==<br /> <br /> '''Original Recording Format:'''<br /> <br /> '''Recording Format Notes:'''<br /> <br /> '''Transcript:''' No transcript available <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> {{UsageStatement}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: Needs Review 2022 ]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: 1980s]]</div>

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