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All the rage by W.D. Eaton. : Dr. Goodwin chiropodist

Description: Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of the character of podiatrist Dr. Goodwin wearing a suit and top hat and holding an umbrella and scratching his chin; the poster advertises the comedy "All the Rage" by William D. Eaton and has printed show information for a March 31, [1882], performance at the Worcester Theatre at top center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1881
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000207
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

All the rage by W.D. Eaton. : Dr. Briggs running for Congress

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Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of the character of Dr. Briggs, an older angry man, holding a cane and a crumpled newspaper; the poster advertises the comedy "All the Rage" by William D. Eaton and has printed show information for a March 31, [1882], performance at the Worcester Theatre at top center.

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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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Lost, strayed or stolen

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Messett’s musical entertainers

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Image of a caricature of an African American man holding a top hat and standing with a ripped umbrella in the rain looking at a rooster on a wooden fence.

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Image of a full-length portrait of character Sammy Wetherwick, a middle-aged man holding a top hat scratching his head, with branches and leaves in the right border; a fragment of a date sheet and text for a show at Bunnell's Museum [Buffalo, New York] pasted at bottom of image; the poster advertises the melodrama "Hoop of Gold" written by J. Mortimer Murdock.

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C.B. Bishop comedian in Twins

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American comedian Charles B. Bishop in formal dress; border decorated with leaves, palm fronds, and comedy and tragedy masks; with date information for performances beginning on April 6, [1885], at the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco, California, at top; the poster advertises the English farce comedy "Twins."

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