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We, Us & Co. : Shashay

Description: Image of a quack doctor's office filled with strange medical instruments, jars, and signs promising cures, with an older man crashing through the glass of a window after being ejected from an exam table as a larger bald man watches on; the signs read "Swollen heads reduced to natural size," "Incurable Diseases a Specialty," "Broken Hearts Repaired," "No pay no cure," "Hair restored," "Lost Affections Restored," and a machine has a gauge with the markings "Rock Rye Cake Pie Tulu Buns"; the poster advertises the farce comedy "We, Us & Co." produced under the management of William Mestayer.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000249
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Madison Square Theatre Co. : the professor

Visual Materials

Image of a central image of a full-length portrait of a man wearing glasses and holding one hand out towards the viewer and a hat in the other; surrounded by six vignettes of scenes consisting of a man standing on a chair about to hang himself with a noose; a man hitting another in a fist fight; a man falling out of a window; two women fighting each other; women attempting to restrain a violent man; and a man and a woman sitting on a bench and concealed by an umbrella who are presumably embracing; the poster advertises the comedy "The Professor" written by William Gillette.

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A cold day when we get left

Visual Materials

Image of a head-and-shoulders caricature of an older man with a monocle, checkered suit jacket, and flower in his lapel; the poster advertises the comedy "A Cold Day When We Get Left" written by Joseph Arthur.

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Nashawannuck Mfc. Co. braces

Visual Materials

Image of a man and woman in a dressing room; man is pictured at right facing backwards wearing a white shirt and brown trousers; woman wearing a flounced and ruffled blue dress with wide open neckline and lace underskirt is playing with a small white dog and teasing it with a pair of red stripe suspenders; registration marks visible in all four margins.

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Polk’s Mixed Pickles Co

Visual Materials

Image of a woman holding a pink mask away from a man in a formal sitting room with a lamp on a table in the background; the poster advertises the comedy "Mixed Pickles."

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Col. Sinn's New Park Theatre

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Image of a view of the three-story facade of the New Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, managed by Colonel William E. Sinn, with carriages, a dog, and people on horseback on the street out front, two posters visible including one with the legible words "Happy Man," "Edward," and "Curry," and signs for the theatre including the date "1873."

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Royce & Lansing’s Musical Comedy Co. : In our private tutors

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Image of eight actors in costume performing as various roles including a center image of two men with one holding a piece of sheet music and a baton, and smaller images of six other performers including a girl, two young women holding school books and an umbrella, a man wearing theatrical tights and holding a shield and sword before a book labeled "Al. G. Bray" on the floor, a man dressed as a boy with books, and a man holding a broom before a box labeled "Chewing Gum"; the poster advertises the musical comedy "Our Private Tutors" performed by the company of Ray L. Royce and Web Lansing.

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We, Us & Co. : Shashay

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