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Carrie Swain : "Ah! There!"

Description: Image of the smiling face of American actor Carrie Swain bursting through torn paper; the poster presumably advertises the comedic melodrama "Cad, the Tomboy" written by Leonard Grover.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1882 and 1886
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000183
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.

Ah, there! Carrie Swain

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Image of the smiling face of American actor Carrie Swain bursting through torn paper; with fragment of flowers visible at top; the poster presumably advertises Swain in "Cad, the Tomboy" by Leonard Grover.

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Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States

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Image of a full-length portrait of actor William E. Burton dressed as the character Timothy Toodle with a top hat and cane standing in a clearing in the woods; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Toodles" adapted by Burton from the play "The Farmer's Daughter" by R. J. Raymond.

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John T. Raymond as Major Bob. : in paradise

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Image of a full-length portrait of actor John T. Raymond in costume as the frontiersman character Major Bob Belter sitting on a log in the woods, with a border with two wilderness images and a flower and dot decoration; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "In Paradise" written by George Jessop and William Gill.

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Mrs. McKee Rankin

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Image of a full-length portrait of the American actor Kitty Blanchard (Mrs. McKee Rankin) holding her hands up while performing in costume as the character Carrots, with red hair and a torn blue apron; the poster advertises the Western melodrama "49" (or "Forty-Nine").

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Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States

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Image of a full-length portrait of actor William E. Burton standing outdoors as the character Timothy Toodle with his clothing, top hat, and tie disheveled and wearing gloves that are too small, with a house in the background; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Toodles" adapted by Burton from the play "The Farmer's Daughter" by R. J. Raymond.

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A powerful play of New York life : the girl he couldn't buy : by Sumner Nichols

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Image of a couple opening a bedroom door while the man, in a bowler hat, holds a gun and the woman holds his hand; this poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Girl He Couldn't Buy" written by Sumner Nichols.

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Carrie Swain : "Ah! There!"

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