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From: "J Stergios" <>
Subject: Re: [FRENCH-NEWSPAPERS] Leona Dare
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 08:44:41 -0400


Hi Chris

take a look at this website - there is information and a picture of Leona
Dare.

http://www.art-memoires.com/expos/22cheretbb.htm



Jeannine Stergios
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>From: "Chris Fox" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [FRENCH-NEWSPAPERS] Leona Dare
>Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 15:43:50 -0700
>
>My great great aunt was Susan Adeline Stewart born in 1855. In Louisiana
>she met Thomas Hall who taught her gymastics. She became Leona Dare and
>worked with circuses in Europe. She was billed as the Pride of Madrid and
>also The Queen of the Antilles. In 1889 she was suspended by a trapeze
>attached to a balloon and did several aerial stunts. Would there be an
>article about this stunt and perhaps a picture? It said that spectators
>from all over the capital crowded in to see the stunt. Would there be
>other
>newspaper accounts of Leona Dare? It seems though she had a brief career
>with the circuses, she traveled throught out Europe and particularly Spain.
>I guess in Spain she had an accident where she dropped her partner and he
>was killed. Is there anything about this incident circa 1884. His name was
>M. George.
>
>If there is articles about Leona Dare, please let me know how to obtain
>copies of the newspaper articles and hopefully pictures.
>
>Thanks for any help. I don't need the articles translated for I will see
>if
>I can find some one that can help there.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Chris Fox
>
>
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