You're absolutely correct
Noir Noir.
Here's an interesting ad (from 1910) that lists the various vaudeville act.
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Initially I thought this was advertising up-coming shows...but I was wrong. All these acts performed in the same show. Holy Toledo!
In this night view, you get a glimpse of the (former) hat cleaning storefront at far left.
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The Los Angeles Theater's name was changed to the Empress in 1913. (so the hat cleaning photograph is pre-1913)
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