Sam Scribner and the Columbia Burlesque Wheel
Sam A. Scribner (1859-1941) was born on this day. Scribner is best known for founding the Columbia Amusement Company, a.k.a. the Columbia Wheel or Eastern Wheel, the cleaner and more profitably run of America’s two burlesque circuits, in 1902. In 1913 the Eastern wheel merged with the raunchier Western Wheel, and the larger company was […]