Ruth Bayton's return to Europe (1933)

French press acknowledging Ruth Bayton's return to Europe on the SS Lafayette after appearing for several months in New York.

Le Havre, France - February 5, 1933

Ford SEBAR Company (1931-1947)

Ford SEBAR Company

Located at the "Casa-Alba" on the Strada A.I. Cuza in Craiova, Romania.

Barbu Neamtu - 1935

(Second from left) 

*Husband to Afro-American entertainer, Zaidee Jackson 

Elsie Bayron's European Tour

Budapest Royal Hotel - 1936/37

After five years of performing in Spain, Elsie Bayron fled to Paris in the fall of 1936 with her boyfriend, Dominican bandleader Napoleon Zayas. Afterwards, they joined with Benny Peyton's orchestra for A European Tour, appearing in Holland, Hungary, Turkey, Scandinavia and Egypt. 

Elsie & Napoleon married & returned to Spain upon the outbreak of WWII.

Rosa Negra & Molinet - Zürich (1939)

Francisco Molinet & Rosa Negra performing at the Cabaret Montparnasse in Switzerland, accompanied with two new partners, shortly after escaping the civil war in Spain. After touring Europe & South America, the Cuban couple returned to their adopted country of Spain in 1940, despite being controlled now by Franco's new regime.

Zárate & Paquíta - 1954/1959

Samuel B. Zárate & Paquíta entertaining at Clingmann's Supper Club (1954) and Hotel Benton's Lamplighter Lounge (1959). Both located in Oregon.