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  2. History of stand-up comedy - Wikipedia

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    Stand-up comedy has roots in various traditions of popular entertainment of the late 19th century, including vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues like those delivered by Mark Twain in his first (1866 ...

  3. Category:19th-century American photographers - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:19th-century African-American photographers and Category:19th-century Native American photographers and Category:19th-century American women photographers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.

  4. Richard J. Arnold - Wikipedia

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    Richard J. Arnold (June 28, 1856 – May 19, 1929), also known as R. J. Arnold, was an English American 19th-century pioneer of early California photography. He is known for his large-format glass-plate photography and as the designated photographer for the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California.

  5. Stand-up comedy - Wikipedia

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    Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, concert saloons, freak shows, variety shows, medicine shows, American burlesque, English music halls, circus clown antics, Chautauqua, and humorist monologues, such as those delivered by Mark Twain in his 1866 ...

  6. Comedy - Wikipedia

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    They viewed comedy as simply the "art of reprehension", and made no reference to light and cheerful events, or to the troubling beginnings and happy endings associated with classical Greek comedy. After the Latin translations of the 12th century, the term "comedy" gained a more general meaning in medieval literature. [8]

  7. Category:19th century in comedy - Wikipedia

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  8. How comedy photographers capture the energy of L.A.'s post ...

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    We spoke with a handful of L.A.'s busiest comedy scene photographers about what makes their job of capturing the spirit of funny people inside the city's most popular clubs so unique as crowds ...

  9. Category:19th-century photographers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "19th-century photographers" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *