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Chorographia, or, A survey of Newcastle upon Tyne : 1649
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
According to the Sotheby's auction catalogue these volumes provide a "detailed history of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne...apparently unpublished. It begins with a historical and topographical survey of the city and outlying areas, followed by an account of the customs and privileges of the city and the system of local government. The bulk of the work is taken up with a chronological history with annual entries...running from 1251 to 1775;...much of the narrative is dominated by national events and it provides a chronicle history of England from a distinctly radical Whig perspective, using Stow, Rapin, and other sources." Also includes several printed pages from Henry Bourne's History of Newcastle (1736).
mssHM 69956 (vols.1-3)
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Race card, listing twenty horses running at three races at Newcastle with details of their age and owners. The card covers the races for one week, beginning "Monday, June 25" with "his Majesty's 100gs" and ends with "Friday, the Ladies' purse of 50l."
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Visual Materials
This collection contains approximately 1,000 printed 19th and early 20th century entertainment broadsides, playbills, and related advertisements, and forms a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment. These items advertise theatrical performances including plays, variety entertainment such as minstrel, burlesque, and vaudeville shows, and optical displays such as dioramas, living statues, and tableaus. Over 250 theaters primarily from the Northeastern United States are represented in the collection, though there are also materials from theaters in the Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States, and approximately 26 items from Canada, Ireland, England, and Scotland. The materials range in size from approximately 9 1/2 x 6 inches to 42 1/2 x 14 inches and consist of single-sheet unfolded advertisements for theatrical productions that were intended to be distributed by hand, posted on walls, fences, or in windows, or sold to playgoers entering the theater. Among the names given to these types of advertisements, according to their size and mode of distribution, are broadsides, dodgers, handbills, hangers, playbills, posters, and show bills.
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