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Hyde’s Star Specialty Co. : Frank Howard

Description: Image of an older African American man holding a cane and carpetbag, with a rural cabin in the background; the poster presumably advertises the sketch "Way Down South" performed by blackface actor Frank Howard with Hyde's Star Specialty Company under the management of James Hyde.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1889
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000204
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Bandmann as : Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

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Image of German-American actor Daniel E. Bandmann sitting, as the character Doctor Henry Jekyll, at a desk in a medical office strewn with books and papers, and a skull and skeleton at upper left, with full length-portraits of Bandmann standing upright with a drinking glass as Dr. Jekyll and crouched over as the evil monster Mr. Edward Hyde at lower left; the poster advertises the play "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co

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Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of the slave hunter character the Lawyer Marks holding a top hat and cane; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co

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Image of an outdoor scene with an older African American man, the character Uncle Tom, sitting on a porch in a rocking chair and reading a book to Eva, a blond child who stands at his side; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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George Peck’s grand revival of Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin : booked by Klaw & Erlanger

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Image of a full-length portrait of the character Marks the lawyer with a top hat, cane, umbrella, and bag; the poster advertises a revival by George Peck of the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" adapted by the Stetson Company from the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Beacon lights

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Image of an outdoor scene with an older man introducing his niece, a young woman who is curtseying, to an older man, with a cabin and mountains in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Beacon Lights" written by H. Dewitt Young.

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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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Hyde’s Star Specialty Co. : Frank Howard

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