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Boston Theatre : Tompkins & Hill, proprietors : the most magnificent and largest theatre in America
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Strand Theatre, interior view, 340 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1924
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View of the seating area of the Strand Theatre at 340 East Colorado. An organ sits at the foot of the stage for musical accompaniment.
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Six degrees of crime! [play]
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This manuscript was copied by W.G.W. for Edmon S. Conner, who was the manager of the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. The volume has original half morocco and thin marbled boards; with three illustrations of stage settings, four blocking diagrams of placement of actors, prompts, and descriptions of the action
mssHM 63163
Sprague’s Original Georgia Minstrels
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Chinese Shadow Plays
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One book entitled Chinese Shadow Plays, by Pauline Benton, "Developed as a China Study Unit by the Red Gate Players", published by Industrial Arts Cooperative Service, New York, ca. 1935. This instructional booklet is 19 numbered, typescript pages in length; the last two pages are illustrations of Chinese figures in traditional costume. The (faded green) front cover bears the name of the publisher next to the right of its logo. The back cover, and the insides of the covers, are blank. The book provides an historical background and how-to instructions for creating Chinese shadow plays, which utilize transparent, animated parchment figures behind a brightly lighted screen. Included is a list of materials needed, and sections on production, staging, scenery, costumes and music. A bibliography is also included. Laid into the book are three ephemeral pieces about the Red Gate Players. "Stage Craft, Chinese Shadow Plays" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. in the center of the front cover.
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[Chinese lantern flower?]
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A botanical album created by Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield; she started the album in 1756 when she was 30 years of age. Flower painting had become a fashionable occupation for the wives and daughters of the great houses of England and Mary Parker achieved exceptional ability under the tutelage of Georg Ehret. The album contains 48 watercolor and gouache paintings on parchment; depicted are both sides of the plant's leaves and also shown are more than one reproductive stage for each specimen: with the early formation of the blossom, the growing petals, and the full expression of the flower. The images in the album depict numerous plant specimens, sometimes with butterflies and other insects, most likely local to the Macclesfield estate, Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire. Many of the illustrations are identified by names predating Carl Linnaeus' binomial plant nomenclature in his "Species Plantarum" (1753), while other notations on the illustrations include Linnaeus' names. The album is bound in a contemporary, richly gilt morocco wallet binding, with interior green silk ties; the binding is likely by Richard Montagu. The pages in the album are marked with the Macclesfield armorial blind stamp. It has a lock and key fastening, and while the original key is present, the lock has been deactivated by a professional restorer, please do not attempt to use the key; also present is a red velvet bookmark.
mssHM 84100