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Henshaw & Ten Broeck in the new Nabobs

Description: Image of a giant caricature of comedic actors John Henshaw and May Ten Broeck, with a medal for "First Place Fun," sitting on the dome of the administration building in the Court of Honor, also known as the White City, at the World's Fair Columbian Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, with spectators in the foreground looking towards the couple and the buildings, fountain, grand basin, and the Statue of the Republic; the poster advertises the musical comedy "The New Nabobs."
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Date: approximately 1893
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000201
Creator: Last, Jay T

Jarrett & Rice’s new departure : fun on the Bristol : City Hall, Friday, Oct. 29

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Image of a central image of a row of nine male and female performers playing household items as musical instruments including two performers in blackface portraying an African American woman playing a rolling pin as a flute and an African American man playing an umbrella; surrounded by vignettes depicting additional comedic scenes and head-and-shoulder portraits of the nine actors and actresses in the production; the poster advertises the comedy-musical show "Fun on the Bristol, Or a Night on the Sound" managed by Edward E. Rice and Henry C. Jarrett and performing at City Hall (presumably in Portland, Maine) on October 29, [1880].

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Fun on the Bristol : or a night on the sound

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Image of a central image of a paddle steamer called the Bristol with people on deck and flags flying; a vignette of a ship's captain standing in the "B" of the title text and looking through a spy glass at top center, a vignette of a full-length caricature portrait of a naval officer standing with a sword at bottom left and a vignette of a cartoon of the officer getting sea sick while the ship captain looks on and asks, "Sick Sir?" and the officer responds, "You don't suppose I'm doing this for fun do you?" at bottom right; the poster advertises the comedy-musical show "Fun on the Bristol, Or a Night on the Sound" managed by Edward E. Rice and Henry C. Jarrett.

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4th annual tour of J.C. Stewart’s Two Johns Comedy Company

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Image of head-and-shoulders portraits of four female actors in formal dress in circular frames; the poster advertises the tour of the comedic show "The Two Johns Comedy" produced by John C. Stewart.

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4th annual tour of J.C. Stewart’s Two Johns Comedy Company

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Image of head-and-shoulders portraits of four female and nine male actors in formal dress; the poster advertises the tour of the comedic show "The Two Johns Comedy" produced by John C. Stewart.

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Broadway Theatre corner of Broadway & Broome St. : John E. Owens as "Paul Pry"

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Image of a full-length portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens dressed as the character "Paul Pry" with rumpled clothing, a top hat, umbrella, eyeglasses, and boots; the poster advertises the comedy "Paul Pry" written by Douglas William Jerrold.

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Frank W. Sanger’s company supporting John F. Sheridan : in Mrs. Bridget O’Brien Esq

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Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol."

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Henshaw & Ten Broeck in the new Nabobs

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