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In the 1930\u2019s, Pearl moved to 1946 N 23rd Street in Philadelphia with her mother and three siblings, where she briefly attended William Penn High School. Their family home is currently listed with the Philadelphia Register of Historic places<\/h3>\n

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While in Philadelphia, Pearl\u2019s historic career in entertainment broke ground at the Pearl Theatre when she received a $5 prize for winning an amateur contest, performing the song \u201cPoor Butterfly.\u201d She was 15 at the time. Pearl also won \u0003another amateur contest at the renown Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY. In her book The Raw Pearl, Pearl stated that since childhood, \u201cPoor Butterfly\u201d remained her favorite song.<\/p>\n

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Photograph of Pearl Bailey. 1940. Attributed to John W. Mosley<\/p>\n

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Photograph of Pearl Bailey ca. late 1930\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Following these early achievements, Pearl was invited to perform on the Vaudeville theatre circuit throughout Pennsylvania’s coal-mining towns, including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pottsville. The Harlem Moon \/Manhattan Cafe, located in Minersville Street, was one of the best-known after-hours spots in Pottsville.<\/h3>\n

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During the Depression and Big Band era, Pottsville was popularly known as a redlight district with its \u201csporting houses\u201d or brothels. According to Pearl, she received an education on Minersville Street that no school could ever teach.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of people might think this must have been a pretty frightening experience or an unhappy life for a girl my age, away from home for the first time. But I didn\u2019t feel that way. I was someone who went out there with something – not so much \u0003a sureness of my talent, but a sureness that this was where I wanted to go and where I belonged. God had given me enough to pay the price.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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Mining Her Talents<\/a>Political Performance<\/a>Taking the Stage<\/a>A Special Guest<\/a>Not So Black and White<\/a>A Long-Playing Groove<\/a>Pearls on Paper<\/a>Leaving Pearls of Wisdom<\/a>

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