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Ben Cotton Jr., Singer's Journal

Vol. II, No.2

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Detail, Ben Cotton's "California Minstrels"

Charles Nelson Cotton (left), Ben Cotton (right), Ben Cotton Jr., (standing)

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Ben Cotton's California Minstrels

A composite image made from a pair of postcard-size studio photographs. The composite offers a panoramic shot of these various entertainers.

Tags: Ben Cotton, Ben Cotton Jr., Charles Nelson Cotton, Empire Boys

Chronology, 1847-54

Tags: Ben Cotton Jr., Isadora (Cotton) Durbrow, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Cotton) Rounds, Uretta E. Cotton

May 1, 1865, Massachusetts State Census: B.A. Cotton

Listed by the enumerator were the following persons: Ben & Rebecca Cotton; Ben's mother, Eliza B. Cotton (62); Ben's mother-in-law, Betsy Russell (62); and four children: Lizzie Cotton (16), Isadora Cotton (14), Eunice Cotton (12), and Ben Cotton…

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Ben Cotton Jr.

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Ben Cotton Jr. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Billy Rose Theatre Division

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PA 23 A

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CLA 2 A

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One of the very few photographs of Ben Cotton Jr. as an adult.

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BP October 30, 1880