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Library & Archives Canada: The Dumbells (World War I Entertainment Unit) WebsiteLibrary & Archives Canada: The Dumbells (World War I Entertainment Unit) Website
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Library and Archives Canada
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Language
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Library & Archives Canada: The Dumbells (World War I Entertainment Unit)

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The Dumbells were a group of soldiers who entertained troops from 1917-1918 and became an enormously popular vaudeville group afterwards, until 1932. At their first show for the troops, the soldier audience was preparing to boo them off the stage but was captivated from the start with the singing female impersonators as they hadn't seen a woman in ages. Read the story of the Dumbells and listen to some of their songs at this site.

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albert edward (red) newman, albert plunkett, captain merton (mert) wesley plunkett, howard fogg, howard frank fogg, ivor (jack) ayre, jack ayre, plunkett, red newman, ross hamilton, the dumbells, world war i entertainer, canadian entertainers and musicians

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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