et
me introduce you to the
one and only Bell Vaudeville, an artistic company of thirteen siblings
and their husbands, wives, and children. In the first decades of the
twentieth century, the Bell Brothers
toured the European and American continents with their variety show. Of
Anglo-Spanish ancestry, but Mexicans at heart, the Bells were the
artistic heirs of Richard Bell, the most famous clown in Mexican
history.
he
Bell Family collection tells the saga of this family from the late
nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Click
here to learn more about Richard Bell
and the Bell
Family.
The Gypsies.
Standing, left to right: Edward, Ricardo, Nelly (on table)
George, Albert, and Willy. Seated, left to right: Charles,
Celia, and Sylvia. New York, 1914.
et
me introduce you to the
one and only Bell Vaudeville, an artistic company of thirteen siblings
and their husbands, wives, and children. In the first decades of the
twentieth century, the Bell Brothers
toured the European and American continents with their variety show. Of
Anglo-Spanish ancestry, but Mexicans at heart, the Bells were the
artistic heirs of Richard Bell, the most famous clown in Mexican
history.
he
Bell Family collection tells the saga of this family from the late
nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Click
