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| | Was once a Topeka newsboy and later became a painter. In 1906, he began working in vaudeville appearing for several years in some of the best theaters in New York. He left the stage in 1919 when an actors’ dispute arose. Lived in Los Angeles, CA from 1921-30. | Source:
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Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
AskART, www.askart.com, accessed Oct. 20, 2007; Topeka Journal (Apr. 27, 1926); U.S. Federal Census 1920, 1930. | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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| Born in Kansas on December 23, 1880. By 1920 Lemley had settled in Los Angeles. He died there on August 12, 1966.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Census; Death Record.
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