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Harry Watson : the funniest

Description: Image of a caricature of Dutch comedian Harry Watson wearing clogs and carrying a carpetbag with the initials "H.W." on the side while walking a small dog on a leash who is looking at an insect.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000449
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Wrinkles

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Image of a central image of a duel between a fat Dutch man wearing clogs and a sailor, both with pistols; surrounded by three vignettes of the Dutch man being teased by two dancing girls, the Dutch man and a man wearing a bib marked "Liver Pad" sharing a bed labeled "Pat. Folding Bed" while rats scurry on the floor below; and a police officer taking the Dutch man away in handcuffs while another man holds a dancing girl who has fainted; images decorated with flowers, a twig border, and in the lower panel a musical horn and a plate of food with fork and bottle of soda; with a fragment of a Fulton Opera House date sheet pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedy "Wrinkles" or "1000 wrinkles" by Dutch comedian Harry Watson.

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Dirkje

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Image of a full-length portrait of a small Dutch girl wearing Dutch bonnet cap, long-sleeved dress and wooden shoes (clogs).

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Strong points in the Walter A. Wood machines

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Image of a circular fold-out advertisement for Walter A. Wood agricultural machinery; caricature drawings with captions on recto and verso illustrate various strengths of their products, including a marching band for "tightness of band" and a woman walking a dog with a leash tied to its tail for "freedom from choking" on wedge-shaped panels; decorative border with "W.A.W." monogram and small machinery images.

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[African American man holding umbrella and another man falling]

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Image of a caricature of an African American man holding an umbrella while another man holding a carpetbag falls.

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[Bram]

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Image of a full-length portrait of a small Dutch boy wearing voluminous wide pants and large wooden shoes (clogs).

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Harry Webber in nip & tuck detectives

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Image of a parlor containing two men in a fist fight while a woman and little girl watch, and two men, one carrying a gun and the other a piece of paper enter from opposing doorways; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in formal dress at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."

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Harry Watson : the funniest

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