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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination

Description: 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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Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000238

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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Pat Rooney's New York star combination : Woodson and Bennett, character artists

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Image of three vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of minstrel performers Harry Woodson at upper left and Laura Bennett at lower right in formal dress and an older African American man, presumably Woodson in blackface, at upper right, with a xylophone, ribbon bow, and floral panel in the background.

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Miss Katie Rooney with Rooney Comedy Co. in Pat’s new wardrobe : Asana Banad

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Image of a full-length portrait of young female actor Katie Rooney (also known as Kate Rooney) in a gingham costume waving, with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Rooney in a circular frame at upper left; ornate border decorated with clover and a palm frond; the poster advertises the comedy "Pat's New Wardrobe" (also promoted as "Pat's Wardrobe") written by Irish comedian Pat Rooney.

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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination : Rowe & Athol the world’s wonders : in their classic pictures of contortion

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Image of contortionists Dick Rowe (also known as Richard Rowe) and Harry Athol performing multiple gymnastic contortions, with vignette head-and-shoulder portraits of Rowe and Athol in the top corners.

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Pat Rooney's : combination

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Image of an advertisement for Miss Maude Beverly performing with Pat Rooney's Combination; bust-length portrait of Beverly wearing a dress with a square neckline and a hat with feathers.

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John F. Byrnes & Miss Helene crayon artists & grotesque comedians : Reilly & Woods J.F. Byrnes Comedy & Specialty Co

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Image of a caricature of a blackface performer, presumably John Byrnes, jumping in the air before a drawing board while a female performer, presumably Miss Helene, stands to the right and holds a fan; registration marks in margins.

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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination

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