Meyer R. Bimberg
Meyer R. Bimberg (died March 25, 1908) was a successful seller of campaign buttons and a theatre builder.[1] Known as "Bim the Button Man" after the 1896 Republican National Convention, he made his fortune selling campaign buttons and built five theatres: West End Theatre (New York),[2] the in Harlem, New York, the , the Astor Theatre and the Stuyvestant Theatre (which later became known as the Belasco Theatre). He was found dead in his bed at the Zenobia building after a bout of tonsilitis. The New York Times compared his theatre building, though short-lived, to Oscar Hammerstein I's.[3]
A heavyset redhead, Bimberg used personal connections to help prognosticate the outcome of elections.[4] His brother Edward Bimberg was the proprietor of the Palm Garden on 52nd Street after a career on the vaudeville stage.[5]
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- ^ Paul Collins Tee Season; You cool kids are all wearing those zany slogan T-shirts? How quaint. August 16, 2005 Village Voice
- ^ New West End Theatre November 2, 1902 New York Times
- ^ Bim the button man found dead in bed; Meyer R. Bimberg was equally famous as a theatre builder and maker of emblems March 26, 1908 New York Times
- ^ Serious and Frivolous Facts Volume 179, Issue 2 G. Graham, 1906 Saturday Evening Post
- ^ [EDWARD BIMBERG,LONG IN AMUSEMENT WORLD]; Veteran of Vaudeville and Brother of 'Bim the Button Man' Is Stricken Here at 49 New York Times
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