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Herne’s hearts of oak : J.A. Herne, proprietor

Description: Image of three men and a woman standing between large trees with a rowboat and ship in the water in the background and vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of characters from the play framed in the branches of the trees including images of two girls, a baby, an older sailor, an older man smoking a pike, and two young men; fragment of a date sheet with show information for a November show at the Worcester Theatre; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000202
Creator: Last, Jay T

Hearne's hearts of oak

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Image of a family in a parlor with two old men playing with a baby before a fire in a fireplace while women set the dining room table for dinner, with a piano, grandfather clock, and hanging framed pictures on the wall in the background; fragment of a date sheet with show information for an October 27, [1882], performance at the Opera House, presumably in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco.

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An idyl of the Arkansaw hills : human hearts

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Image of five head-and-shoulder portraits, in heart frames surrounded by flowers, for characters in the play the "Human Hearts" depicting a young man in a straw hat, captioned "Tom Logan with a human heart," at center; a hobo with a red-painted nose, captioned "Jem. Mason with an honest heart," at upper right; a girl, captioned, "Grace with an angel's heart," at lower right; a woman, captioned "Jeanette with a black heart," at lower left; and a boy wearing a cap, captioned "Limpy with a heart in the right place," at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama the "Human Hearts" written by Hal Reid and later directed by William E. Nankeville.

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View of the Principal Hotel at Harrodsburg Springs. C. Graham M. D. proprietor

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Image of an eye-level view of the hotel at the springs in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, which flourished as a spa under Dr. Christopher C. Graham until 1853; several buildings are surrounded by trees; two men and a boy stand on a road near a brick wall in foreground; manuscript text in ink (top center of image) describes the use of the grounds as a military asylum.

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Hal. Reid’s beautiful play Human Hearts direction of Henry C. Miner : Bertha Belle Westbrooke

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Bertha Belle Westbrooke (also spelled Bertha Belle Westbrook); the poster advertises the melodrama "Human Hearts" written by Hal Reid.

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100 Wives

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Image of a crowd of men and women, presumably Mormons in a wagon train, standing in a clearing in a forest with an older woman and girl in tattered clothes embracing at center, with a basket, a campfire with a pot cooking above, covered wagons, horses, and trunks, nearby, and the mountains and trees visible in the distance; fragment of a date sheet pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the Mormon-focused melodrama "100 Wives" written by Gil Pierce and James B. Runnion.

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The Night Owls beauty show

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Image of female jockeys in burlesque outfits riding horses around an outdoor racetrack with the two leading riders waving flags that read "The Night Owls" and "The French Folly Co.", as older men in suits tip their hats to them from the grandstand; with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the "Beauty Show" by the Night Owls Burlesque Company.

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Herne’s hearts of oak : J.A. Herne, proprietor

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