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Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley => Youngstown in General => Topic started by: Towntalk on February 12, 2015, 02:52:00 PM

Title: Youngstown Quiz
Post by: Towntalk on February 12, 2015, 02:52:00 PM
What very famous Youngstowner was known as "The Blue Streak" and what was this person famous for?
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Post by: Towntalk on February 12, 2015, 05:31:24 PM
CLUE:
The Blue Streak posed for a wire photo holding the very last bottle of beer to be produced before Prohibition went into effect BUT this was not what made this person famous.
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Post by: Towntalk on February 13, 2015, 06:51:51 AM
Clue:
The Blue Streak was a singer.
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Post by: sfc_oliver on February 13, 2015, 07:56:01 PM
The Blue streak of vaudeville?  Rene Samuels, I think?
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Post by: Towntalk on February 13, 2015, 08:07:20 PM
I'll give it to you Sir because you got the last name right. Her first was Rae, and she was one of the top singers of her day.
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Post by: Towntalk on February 13, 2015, 08:13:36 PM
https://travsd.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/stars-of-vaudeville-356-rae-samuels/ (https://travsd.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/stars-of-vaudeville-356-rae-samuels/)
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Post by: sfc_oliver on February 14, 2015, 09:44:25 AM
Amazing some of the things that stick in the back of ones mind...
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Post by: Towntalk on February 14, 2015, 10:50:15 AM
 :)  Like Elmers Glue  :)
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