Ada Forman, Orval Hixon, 1917

Description: Ada Forman was an American theater and concert dancer. She toured with Florence O’Denishawn in 1915 and 1916, before developing her own solo vaudeville act on the Keith-Albee circuit.

From 1914 to 1930, Orval Hixon was one of Kansas City’s most renowned studio photographers, located in the heart of the Downtown Theater District. During that time, he was an “Official Orpheum and Shubert Vaudeville Circuit Photographer” and captured images of hundreds of the biggest names on the American stage and screen.