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Shadows of a great city. : Act II

Description: Image of two men in prisoner uniforms, with one carrying a child as he scales down a pole on the side of a house's porch while the other man stands on the ground and reaches up, with a date stamp for performances beginning on January 19, [1885], at the Boston Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts; the poster advertises the melodrama "Shadows of a Great City" by L. R. Shewell.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000248
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Elliott Barnes’ great American drama : only a farmer’s daughter

Visual Materials

Image of an escaped prisoner in a wooded area near railroad tracks at night being helped by a young woman to remove a ball and chain from around his ankle as a search party closes in, with a river with steamboats in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Only a Farmer's Daughter" written by Elliott Barnes.

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Blue Jeans : will never wear out : written by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

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Image of a younger woman being escorted out of a doorway in the home of an older couple, while an old woman reaches out and an old man stands on a chair holding a framed picture on the wall, with a sign above the door that reads "God Bless Our Home"; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blue Jeans" written by Joseph Arthur.

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Roland Reed the great eccentric comedian : in the new comedy drama: Cheek

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Image of a full-length portrait of comedian Roland Reed with vignettes of four scenes from the comedic melodrama "Cheek" by Frederick Mardsen, with captions of text between characters Ted and Dick and quotes from newspaper reviews of the play in the Chicago Times, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Herald, the St. Louis Republican, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Daily Globe; with date information for a show at the Worcester Theatre on November 7, [1883].

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Hands across the sea

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Image of an outdoor scene in a courtyard with a woman on a horse charging through a gate to stop a firing squad of French soldiers with rifles and bayonets who are preparing to shoot a prisoner who stands next to a guillotine in the back of the courtyard; the poster advertises the English melodrama "Hands Across the Sea" by Henry Pettitt.

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Union Square Theatre success : a prisoner for life

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Image of a young man and an old man in historical costumes trying to escape a jail cell, with the young man holding open a bag and the older man breaking the blocks of the cell wall with a metal rod; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Prisoner for Life" adapted from a French play by Louis Nathal.

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Chas L. Andrews Minuet Carnival Co. : The prize march of the fire laddies in Michael Strogoff

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Image of a band of female fire brigade officers clad in uniforms of red shirts, black pants, boots, and firefighter helmets marching in two lines and blowing horns; scroll and eagle emblem top center; "CLA" monogram logo in gold shield in top left corner; the poster advertises the melodrama "Michael Strogoff" adapted by Charles L. Andrews from the novel by Jules Verne.

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Shadows of a great city. : Act II

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