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Hearing the Americas
Cal Stewart
Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh

Cal Stewart

Performer

Name

Cal Stewart

About

Cal Stewart was a famous vaudeville star in the 19th and 20th century. He is best remembered for playing the character of "Uncle Josh Weathersby from Way Down East," a caricature of a rural rube character. In the 1890s, Edison hired Stewart to record a number of cylinders of his humorous Uncle Josh character to great popularity.

Role(s)

Performer

Birth date

1856

Death date

December 7, 1919
Cal Stewart was a famous vaudeville star in the 19th and 20th century. He is best remembered for playing the character of "Uncle Josh Weathersby from Way Down East," a caricature of a rural rube character. In the 1890s, Edison hired Stewart to record a number of cylinders of his humorous Uncle Josh character to great popularity.

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