A Real Lady Leopard Tamer

Thanks to a reader's tip about Fixer Dugan, here's a picture of Dolores Vallecita(1877-1925), who toured the vaudeville circuit with her cats.

In my research I read this photo was from 1906. Somewhere around here I have an old book on the history of American theater. Actresses in thighboots during this period were less rare than you'd think.