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The Soudan
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Image of a battle scene with Sudanese soldiers wearing turbans on horseback with spears and swords fighting Arab soldiers on foot with rifles; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature."
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The Soudan
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Image of British cavalry in red military jackets and helmets charging on horseback with swords in the air; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature."
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The Soudan
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Image of an Arab soldier on a rearing horse riding through the desert with an army of soldiers in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature."
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Child slaves of New York
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Image of an Arab man, wearing a robe with a knife in his belt, grabbing a detective by the neck and choking him at the direction of an elderly man in a similar costume and headdress who stands behind a table labeled "Kaldah the mystic" with a star and crescent symbol, while a worried young woman in a pink dress, hat, and fur stole looks on; the poster advertises the melodrama "Child Slaves of New York" written by Charles E. Blaney and Howard Hall.
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Wm. Stafford : in the marble heart
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Image of a marble sculptor's workspace in Ancient Greece with the sculptor, presumably depicting actor William Stafford, and a young woman with a bare breast and handcuffs wearing short togas and Roman sandals, being surrounded by men and soldiers with helmets and spears before statues of three women that are partially hidden by ropes and curtains and illuminated by a man holding a lamp; the poster advertises the romantic melodrama "The Marble Heart" by Charles Selby.
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See Kar-Mi : the great troupe : originators and presenters of the most marvelous sword swallowing act on Earth
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Image of fourteen vignettes of the Victorina Troupe (with a sheet for "See Kar-Mi" pasted over Victorina in the title) with top-center portraits of the three members in Middle Eastern, Hindu, or Gypsy-styled ethnic costumes: Joseph Hallworth known as Victorina and later Kar-Mi), Miss Victorina (presumably Kitty Fisher Hallworth), and a young girl, and additional images of the three performing swallowing acts including swallowing curved swords and scabbards, daggers, electric light bulbs, guns and bayonets, and a table leg, and drinking water through a tube.
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