• Photograph, Theater - Images of the Jitney Players Truck, Stage, Setting up
Photograph, Theater - Images of the Jitney Players Truck, Stage, Setting up
Photograph, Theater - Images of the Jitney Players Truck, Stage, Setting up
Photograph, Theater - Images of the Jitney Players Truck, Stage, Setting up

Photograph, Theater - Images of the Jitney Players Truck, Stage, Setting up

Madison Historical Society
1920s
5 5/8 in. H X 8 3/4 in. W Measurement Notes: .1
5 in. H X 8 1/8 in. W Measurement Notes: .2
4 15/16 in. H X 8 1/4 in. W Measurement Notes: .3
Four black and white photographs of the Jitney Players truck and stage, and scenes of setting up. There are two copies of.1, one of which is labeled "Jezabelle" on the back (the name of the stage truck). See the stage set diorama at 2020.023.001.  Madison was home to the country's earliest summer theater. First held outdoors in 1918 and later in a barn, the plays were popular fundraisers for charitable causes including post WW I relief, the Madison Historical Society and the preservation of the Lee Academy. The Jitney Players were founded in 1923 by Alice Keating Cheney and her husband, Horace Bushnell (Bush) Cheney. They were headquartered at the Talcott Bradley House on Boston Post Road. 
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Jitney Players