On Walter Stanton, The Giant Rooster, and His Chicks
June 30 was the birthday of animal impersonator Walter Stanton (Walter Stanton Burch, 1855-1943), who performed in the guise of various barnyard critters, roosters a specialty, in music halls, vaudeville theatres, pantomimes, and circuses on three continents. You’d be shocked to know how popular such a thing can be. Stanton claimed to have learned the […]