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The black valley in great sensation drama of Peep O’Day

Description: Image of an outdoor scene near a rock quarry in Ireland with a young woman trying to fight off a man attacking her with a shovel while a man swinging from a tree limb attempts to rescue her, and a man stands on a cliff above near a windmill, with a lake in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer, and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim, as performed by actor Mrs. D.P. Bowers (Elizabeth Crocker Bowers) at the New Chesnut Street Theatre (also spelled New Chestnut Street Theatre) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Date: approximately 1863
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000445
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Scene from "Peep O’Day." Laura Keene's Theatre

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Image of an Irish outdoor dancing festival with men and women in historical costumes dancing as couples, and a stone Celtic cross, castle, ruins, bridge and mountains in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim.

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Bo Peep Brand

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Image of nursery rhyme character Little Bo Peep holding a staff with orange grove and mountains in background; sheep silhouettes flank girl at left and right; Sunkist yellow ball logo at lower left.

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Niblo's Garden : Bel Demonio

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Image of an outdoor scene of an Italian courtyard crowded with people in historical costumes, including soldiers with helmets and swords and nuns, surrounding a man and woman who embrace at the center of the image, with stone buildings, trees, and gates in the background; the print advertises the romantic drama "Bel Demonio" written by Irish-American dramatist John Brougham and performed at Niblo's Garden Theatre in New York City.

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Buffalo Bill Combination : Buffalo Bill's new drama 20 days or Buffalo Bill's pledge

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Image of a central image of a portrait of William F. Cody as Buffalo Bill sitting at a campfire in a frontiersman costume with a rifle and saddle, surrounded by eight vignettes of different dramatic scenes including a street parade with a horse-drawn cart labeled "Buffalo Bill To Night"; Cody digging at a hill with a knife in the wilderness with the caption "Buried Alive"; Cody holding up the head of a young injured man with the caption "He Still Lives"; a farmer sleeping on a plow pulled by two oxen while holding a book of the "Life of Buffalo Bill" while images of caricatured Native American Indians and a man hanging by a noose while another is burned at the stake appear in his dreams, captioned "The Farmer's Dream"; Cody on horseback cutting the rope of a hangman's noose from a young man’s neck who hangs from a tree, captioned "Whose Picnic Is this?"; a parlor scene where a man is shot while others look on, captioned "The 20 days are up, and my pledge fulfilled"; a man in a fistfight with Cody in the parlor and wielding a knife, captioned "Keep Cool Pard."; and Cody riding on horseback through the plains while a fire burns in the distance and a battle with Native American Indians on horseback goes on; with images of a bison with the caption "Diamond Pin with Diamond Eyes," at bottom of central image, and an eagle that holds a medal that reads "Congress to W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill Scout & Guide" at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "20 Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge" (also known as "Twenty Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge") and includes printed date information for performances beginning on December 11, [1882], at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Col. Sinn's New Park Theatre

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Image of a view of the three-story facade of the New Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, managed by Colonel William E. Sinn, with carriages, a dog, and people on horseback on the street out front, two posters visible including one with the legible words "Happy Man," "Edward," and "Curry," and signs for the theatre including the date "1873."

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Elliott Barnes’ great American drama : only a farmer’s daughter

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Image of an escaped prisoner in a wooded area near railroad tracks at night being helped by a young woman to remove a ball and chain from around his ankle as a search party closes in, with a river with steamboats in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Only a Farmer's Daughter" written by Elliott Barnes.

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The black valley in great sensation drama of Peep O’Day

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