Frank Seiden: A Galician Jewish Jack-of-all-Trades in Turn-of-the-Century New York
By Daniel Carkner Frank Seiden is an enigmatic figure of the early Jewish entertainment world in the United States. Born in Galicia in 1860, he arrived in New York鈥檚 Lower East side in 1877 and eventually became known as a street performer, magician, and vaudeville actor. By 1900 he became […]
Read More