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Blaney’s extravaganza success ----- a female drummer

Description: Image of an interior view of a department store crowded with female customers, African American porters, and an Irish policemen during a corset sale; a female impersonator stands with a man atop a store counter, with a sign below the counter "Flags for all nations except one Smooth, Silk & C[?]", and a woman attempts to get into an elevator; the poster advertises the comedic play "A Female Drummer" by Charles E. Blaney.
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Date: ©1898
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000180
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Flora Moore : "drummer in petticoats."

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Image of the interior of a dry goods store with stools at wooden counters with fabrics displayed on shelves behind and a man at center trapped in a wooden crate labeled "Consdale / Wamsulta & Co / B" that has just fallen on him from a trap door in the ceiling, with store clerks and customers looking on; with fragment of date sheet for a February 16 show pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedy "Drummer in Petticoats"

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John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world."

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Image of a train platform with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant with his back turned, a female impersonator, and a man with a monkey sitting on a box on his back, standing at center with luggage and trunks and a crowd of passengers watching from a railroad train car labeled "Drawing Room Car"; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes").

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M.W. Hanley's Company presenting Edward Harrigan's latest New York success McSorley's Inflation

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Image of an eight-page theatrical courier including the front cover with a bust statue of American playwright and actor Edward Harrigan being pointed to by a caricature of Martin W. Hanley who stands nearby with a globe; a back cover page with an image presumably of Irish-American character Peter McSorley talking to his wife, portrayed by a female impersonator, in her grocery stall at Washington Market with watermelons and chickens in the background; a page with the lyrics of songs from the play including some written by Dave Braham; a page with the show's program; a page with three vignettes of an African American military regiment marching through the streets captioned "Charleston Blues," a six-piece band playing in the street with the sign "Salvation Army," and two women arguing in a grocery store captioned "Washington Market"; a page with seven vignettes of character portraits of a man at different ages including as a baby, child, soldier, and old man titled "The Seven Ages in 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare"; a page with short humorous articles as well as statistics of the "Population of States and Territories in 1880"; a page with two vignettes of a crowd of dancing white men and women and black men captioned "McNally's Row of Flats," and a street scene with a grocer arguing with a man while a woman looks on and a Chinese immigrant falls out of a window while holding a trombone, and an African American man carries a bundle of laundry into a store with storefront signs for the "Coroner's Office" and "Hung Lung Laundry" behind and the caption "Chinese Must Go"; the courier advertises the musical comedy "McSorley's Inflation" written by Edward Harrigan.

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S. H. & M. skirt binding counter : John Wanamaker Philadelphia

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Image of the skirt binding counter area at the John Wanamaker store; wooden stools at a wooden store counter with racks and spools of "bias velveteen" and "bias corded velvet" skirt bindings displayed in many colors; print verso contains a single-color advertisement for J.W. Goddard & Sons with elaborate floral border from the trade journal "Dry Goods Economist."

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Zozo the magic queen

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Image of a collage of images centered on a young man in an aristocratic historical costume with tights holding up a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, and surrounded by a villain holding a knife, young scantily clad women in classical dress holding the strings for puppet caricatures of five men including a female impersonator, an older man, a man holding an American flag, and an Irish man; with a large bat, full moon, gothic sculptures, and waves hitting a rocky shore; the poster advertises the dramatic spectacle "Zozo, the Magic Queen."

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The "Bon-ton" corset. : manufactired only by the Worcester Corset Co

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Image of a woman being laced into her corset by a maid in front of a large mirror; maid wears a striped dress with lace and ribbon-trimmed sleeves, an apron, and a lace cap; lady wears a white underskirt, intricate corset which is being laced, chemise with a wide lace-trimmed neckline, a pendant on a ribbon around her neck, and a flower in her hair; "Bon-ton Corset" lettering is featured at top framed by flowers; narrow geometric border surrounds the image.

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Blaney’s extravaganza success ----- a female drummer

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