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The eminent comedian John A. Mackay with Rice’s surprise party

Description: Image of a half-length portrait of comedian John A. MacKay; with a date sheet for an October 2, [1884], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000211
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.

Mr. Joe Sullivan, comedian

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Joe Sullivan in formal dress, with a twig and flower border; date sheet for a November 3, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted below image.

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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination

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Image of caricatures of Irish comedian Pat Rooney driving a horse-drawn carriage with a male performer and a female performer as passengers past a crowd of spectators standing before an opera house that carries a flag labeled "Independent Candidate Pat Rooney" towards the White House in Washington, D.C., while caricatures of political figures sit and watch in the lower right foreground (presumably, from left to right, Thomas Nast, John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling, James Blaine, Benjamin Franklin Butler, and William Tecumseh Sherman); date sheet for a show on October 30, [1884], presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted to bottom of image.

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De Wolf Hopper will appear in 100 Wives

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Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of actor De Wolf Hopper standing with arms folded in formal dress; with date sheet for a March 2, [1882], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises Hopper in the Mormon-focused melodrama "100 Wives" written by Gil Pierce and James B. Runnion.

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"Cheek" Marsden's latest success with the eccentric comedian Roland Reed

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Image of a fist fight between two men, with two women and another man watching, taking place at night in Madison Square Park in New York City under electric arc lights, with trees, the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, the obelisk Worth Monument, buildings including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Erie Railway ticket office with signs including one for the "Payonia Ferry / Jersey City", and electricity poles in the background; the scene is captioned "Dick-'Cut in the face. He hadn't the cheek to stand it.'"; with a date sheet for a November 10, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "Cheek" written by Frederick Mardsen and starring the comedian Roland Reed.

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Salsbury's Troubadours : Nellie McHenry

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Image of a half-length portrait of actor and Salsbury's Troubadours member Nellie McHenry, wearing a large feathered blue hat and a dress decorated with a bird and butterfly, looking out of a wooden window adorned with morning glory flowers; with date sheet for a March 16, [1886], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at the bottom of the poster.

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Pat Rooney & little Katy : in their character sketch

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Image of a girl, presumably Katie Rooney, in a short formal dress standing next to a man, presumably comedian Pat Rooney, in a suit holding a cane on a path outdoors surrounded by trees and shrubs with a house, lake, and mountains in the background; with date sheet for a January 25, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises a comedy routine between Pat Rooney and his daughter Katie Rooney.

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The eminent comedian John A. Mackay with Rice’s surprise party

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