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King High Kickers

Description: Image of a poster that depicts the King High Kickers performing in blackface in various acts including standing on a table, falling back in a chair and through a table, and sitting in a barrel being pasted to a building wall by a man on a ladder; the four members of the King High Kickers, Morton Emerson, Willis Clark, Thomas Daly, and William Daly, look at the poster with their backs to the viewer and head-and-shoulder portraits of each performer in formal dress on their backs; Emerson and Thomas Daly are dressed as female impersonators.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1877 and 1881
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000498
Creator: Last, Jay T

Pour prendre congé or seeing Switzerland : Emmerson, Clark & Daly Brothers

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Image of a central image of a horse-drawn stagecoach crashing out of control in an accident with passengers in historical clothing falling with luggage and broken wagon wheels from the carriage, bordered by vignettes of a man falling through a ceiling onto a dinner table and another with a pantomime clown falling into a stack of luggage while a military officer with a sword steps over a man while climbing stairs towards him; with head-and-shoulders portraits of comedians Morton Emmerson (or Morton Emerson), Willis Clark, and William Daly and Thomas Daly in formal dress; the poster advertises the pantomimic comedy "Pour Prendre Congé; or, Seeing Switzerland" produced by William A. Mestayer and John P. Smith.

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Image of a woman wearing a high-necked blouse with puffed sleeves and a feathered hat with veil seated at a table reading The Bookman magazine; two drinks with straws and some books rest on the table beside her; hanging lanterns and a tree are visible in the background; the poster advertises the September 1896 issue of the Bookman literary journal.

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Augustin Daly’s great play under the gaslight : under the management of P.T. Turner

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Image of a parlor with a young woman, portraying the character Laura Courtland, in a formal dress sitting in a chair holding an open book while a man, the character Ray Trafford, in a tuxedo stands behind, with a table, framed picture, vase and flowers, and curtains in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Under the Gaslight" by Augustin Daly.

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Walter L. Main 3 Ring Trained Wild Animal Shows : high wire artists : introducing the most difficult and dangerous feats ever devised by human ingenuity

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Image of seven male and female high wire artists balancing on tightropes and holding Chinese umbrellas, with two men holding a table below one performer, and spectators watching in the background.

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Louis Aldrich in my partner” by Bartley Campbell

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Image of a scene of a man stabbing and murdering a miner, the character Ned Singleton, with a knife during a fight atop a kitchen table; the poster has printed date information for performances beginning on January 18, [1886], at the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the drama "My Partner" by Bartley Campbell.

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Polk’s Mixed Pickles Co

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Image of a woman holding a pink mask away from a man in a formal sitting room with a lamp on a table in the background; the poster advertises the comedy "Mixed Pickles."

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