My Aunt (through marriage) played a gig for awhile (jazz trio on piano w/ vocals), at the famed Chicago Edgewater Beach Hotel, back in the '50s. Yes, she is around and performing...... in Canada, for many years, now. Here's a few pics of June "Pepper" Harris. (Below)
I have a bit of Edgewater Beach memorabilia in my extensive collections, but nothing compares to what exists in the Chuckman collections, at http://chuckmancollection.blogspot.com/
Here's a tribute to the Edgewater Beach, with some of his collection featured......I strongly urge you to visit all of his amazing pages...... a simply amazing collection!
What a wonderful collection. I often rely on Chuckman's amazing site for photos for my blog of letters from the thirties lgrossman dot com slash trudel. The next post is a letter describing parties at the Edgewater Beach and the South Shore Country Club. By coincidence, I have just come across old family movies of those actual parties. But they run together and I am trying to figure out which parts are at the Edgewater and which at South Shore. I have put them on a YouTube. I wonder if you or your readers can help. http://youtu.be/7Wa3Aq3LpHc
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