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Chicago Theatres: Minstrels and Vaudeville

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Scrapbook with pasted playbills, programs, and newspaper clippings, photographs of actors/actresses, and handwritten letters from actors/actresses or others connected to the theatre; the last thirteen pages are upsidedown. Includes: Olympic Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) ; Grand Opera House (Chicago, Ill.) ; Hooley's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) ; Haverly's Minstrel Theatre (Chicago, Ill.); Madison Street Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) ; Haverly's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) ; Myer's Opera House (Chicago, Ill.) ; Grand Opera House (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Imperial Music Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Los Angeles Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Academy of Music (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Hazard's Pavilion (Los Angles, Calif.).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1880-1882; 1890-1891
Call number
mssBehymer

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