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Performing Arts
c. 1880s Annie Oakley (1860-1926), expert sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
1920 A promotional poster advertising a performance by Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968), innovative dancer and choreographer, 1920.
1924 Street sign honoring Jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), in front of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey.
1938 American abstract painter, Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911-1988), 1938.
Dionne Warwick and the composer Burt Bacharach have collaborated on numerous Grammy Award-winning songs.
Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm (1919- ) has had a long and productive career in theatre motion pictures and television.