Maurice Cole Tanquary slides and journals to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, in 2006. Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary (November 26, 1881 - October 25, 1944) was a professor of entomology, a member of the Crocker Land Expedition and is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping. Tanquary was the son of Thomas J. and Florence A. Tanquaary and was raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Illinois, where he attended public schools. He then attended Vincennes University where he was a member of Tau Phi Delta society and was one of the authors of the society's first constitution and by-laws.
E. J. Cole was transported in its own train. In 1910 and 1911 Cole made a series of films adapted from his shows. They were sometimes screened accompanied by lectures and songs. Cole toured Tasmania in 1911 and 1912. By 1926 the company was down to a size of 24 and touring mostly only country areas. Cole's company was still touring in the 1930s as 'Cole's Varieties', run by his son-in-law, Bill Ayr. Cole and his wife ran a small factory at Marrickville in Sydney which manufactured cowboy outfits for small children. Cole married his leading lady, Vene Linden (real name Lavinia Catherine)