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Jon
Oct 16, 20232 min read
The Avalanche
The year is 1914. Cathrine Countiss is in the Life Photo Film Corporation office of film director Will Davis in the Candler Building on Wes
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Jon
Aug 5, 20202 min read
A Match Made on Broadway
Cathrine Countiss was married three times, and one might speculate that she did so for either love or money or both. No one knows at this p
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Jon
Jul 29, 20203 min read
Don't Chew the Scenery
In February of 1908, Cathrine Countiss and E. D. Price were celebrating eight months of wedded bliss, but both had gone their separate ways
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Jon
Jul 18, 20203 min read
Cathrine Countiss Stock Company
On a crisp morning in late April 1908, New Yorkers opened The Morning Telegraph and saw this item in the newspaper
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Jon
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Theatrical Favorite Is a Keen Motorist
The new century brought with it a thrilling invention that captured the adventurous spirit of America, and Cathrine Countiss fully embraced
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Jon
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Cathrine Plays the Palace
Having just completed a 40-week tour on the Orpheum circuit to much acclaim, Cathrine Countiss found herself on the vast stage of the Palace
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Jon
Jun 28, 20202 min read
The Great Horse Race of 1908
In 1908, the advent of the automobile on the streets of Denver was cause for concern. After all, the horse had been the preferred means of
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