Daisy and Violet Hilton, a pair of Siamese Twins who performed vaudeville acts around the country, once performed at Rainbow Park in Grant City on October 26th in 1930. They were in the process of touring the Midwest. They performed in Bedford on October 25th, and Osceola on the 28th.
Worth County librarian Mary Seat made the discovery while responding to a query from Stephen Shutton of Astoria (NY), whose grandfather had been traveling with the tour. The event was advertised in the previous week’s Times-Tribune.
They performed twice in Grant City that day at Rainbow Park, once at 2:30 in the afternoon and once that evening. Tickets to the afternoon performance were 15 cents and 35 cents, while tickets to the night show were 25 cents and 50 cents. They sang, danced, and played a number of musical instruments with accompanying singers and musicians. They were billed as “San Antonio’s Siamese Twins.” They also performed a radio show on Worth County’s local radio station.
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