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[Charles McCarthy's] One of the bravest : "fighting the foe"

Description: Image of two firefighters chopping their way with axes into a burning building, with fragments of a date sheet for an April 27-28, [1891], show at the Lawrence Opera House pasted above and below image; the poster advertises the melodrama "One of the Bravest" written by E. E. Price and starring actor Charles McCarthy.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1891
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000234
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Jack Manley and his gallant New York fire laddies heroically subdue the flames

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Image of five New York City firefighters standing on debris battling flames before a burning building with a fire hose; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Still Alarm" written by Joseph Arthur and centered around a main character named Jack Manley.

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This certifies that ... is a member of ... Company; No. ... Fire Department

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Image of a blank stock firefighter's membership certificate with surrounding vignettes of a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a female nurse tending to a wounded firefighter; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet; firemen in a city street at night before a burning building with steam fire engines and hoses; a firefighter pulling a fire engine; and firefighters aiming a house towards flames; certificate decorated with images of firefighting equipment including fire hats, speaking trumpets, axes, bells, lanterns, preventers, ladders, buckets, censers, fire hydrants, and fire hoses.

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Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States

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Image of a full-length portrait of actor William E. Burton dressed as the character Timothy Toodle with a top hat and cane standing in a clearing in the woods; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Toodles" adapted by Burton from the play "The Farmer's Daughter" by R. J. Raymond.

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Carrie Swain : "Ah! There!"

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Image of the smiling face of American actor Carrie Swain bursting through torn paper; the poster presumably advertises the comedic melodrama "Cad, the Tomboy" written by Leonard Grover.

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This is to certify that John G. Lubben. having served the time prescribed by the laws of the State of California in the Alameda Fire Department

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Image of a firefighter's certificate of service from the Alameda Fire Department of Alameda, California, made out in manuscript to John G. Lubben and dated July 29, 1893; with four surrounding vignettes depicting firefighters fighting fires and driving towards burning buildings with horse-drawn firefighting vehicles including a hook and ladder truck, hose carriage, and manual fire engine, as well as a top-center vignette of Columbia, the goddess of Liberty, sitting in a field looking at a paper with a shield labeled "California," a bear, sheaths of wheat, and a fireman surrounding her; the vignettes and certificate are bordered by two hoses attached to a fire hydrant and firefighting equipment including ladders, preventers, axes, speaking trumpets, and fire hats; the certificate has an embossed seal of the Alameda Fire Department.

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Hal. Reid’s beautiful play Human Hearts direction of Henry C. Miner : Bertha Belle Westbrooke

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Bertha Belle Westbrooke (also spelled Bertha Belle Westbrook); the poster advertises the melodrama "Human Hearts" written by Hal Reid.

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[Charles McCarthy's] One of the bravest : "fighting the foe"

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