Stein, BenDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Theatre Owners Booking Association1927-12-12Agreement between the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a Tennessee-based booking agency from 1920 to the 1930s for African American vaudeville acts, and Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, pertaining to the scheduled appearance of Boisy de Legge and the Bandanna Girls at the Douglass Theatre, dated December 12, 1927. The agreement shows that the performance spans three days, December 19 to December 21, 1927, and indicates that the twenty performers will share fifty percent of the revenue as salary in addition to a five percent commission. The address for tickets is listed as Pekin Theatre in Savannah, Georgia. The Douglass Theatre was a shareholder member of the circuit.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.text/htmlimage/jpegdbr048http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 20, folder 193, document 10.Theatre Owners Booking AssociationAfrican American entertainers--United StatesEntertainment events--Georgia--SavannahTheaters--Georgia--SavannahTheaters--Georgia--MaconDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Reevin, Sam E.Legge, Boisy dePekin Theatre (Savannah, Ga.)Agreement between the Theatre Owners Booking Association and Ben Stein, 1927 Dec. 12Text