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The comedy drama the new Fogg’s ferry by Chas E. Callahan

Description: Image of a young man trying to help a disheveled young woman in rumpled clothing who kneels on a park lawn, while another woman, wearing a hat decorated with a bird, clenches her fist as if to hit them; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "New Fogg's Ferry" written by Charles Callahan, presumably as an updated version of his 1882 play "Fogg's Ferry."
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Date: approximately 190-
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The comedy drama the new Fogg’s ferry by Chas E. Callahan

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Image of a man and two women on the banks of a lake shore with a young women in a dress and straw hat lying on the ground with her hand in the air, while a young man tries to stop her mother from hitting her with a stick; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "New Fogg's Ferry" written by Charles Callahan, presumably as an updated version of his 1882 play "Fogg's Ferry."

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Fogg’s ferry

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Image of three panels with outdoor scenes consisting of people standing on the lawn before a house in the moonlight with a girl pointing a finger at a man, captioned "'The Thief Is There.'" at top; passengers and horses on "Fogg's Ferry" crossing a river with signs on the boat for "Chip" and "Fogg's Ferry" at center; and a girl on a shore shooting a gun towards a steamship as a bomb explodes in the river before it, captioned "The Torpedo" at bottom; the poster advertises the play "Fogg's Ferry" by Charles E. Callahan.

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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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The black valley in great sensation drama of Peep O’Day

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Image of an outdoor scene near a rock quarry in Ireland with a young woman trying to fight off a man attacking her with a shovel while a man swinging from a tree limb attempts to rescue her, and a man stands on a cliff above near a windmill, with a lake in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer, and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim, as performed by actor Mrs. D.P. Bowers (Elizabeth Crocker Bowers) at the New Chesnut Street Theatre (also spelled New Chestnut Street Theatre) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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A powerful play of New York life : the girl he couldn't buy : by Sumner Nichols

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Image of a couple opening a bedroom door while the man, in a bowler hat, holds a gun and the woman holds his hand; this poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Girl He Couldn't Buy" written by Sumner Nichols.

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"Cheek" Marsden's latest success with the eccentric comedian Roland Reed

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Image of a fist fight between two men, with two women and another man watching, taking place at night in Madison Square Park in New York City under electric arc lights, with trees, the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, the obelisk Worth Monument, buildings including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Erie Railway ticket office with signs including one for the "Payonia Ferry / Jersey City", and electricity poles in the background; the scene is captioned "Dick-'Cut in the face. He hadn't the cheek to stand it.'"; with a date sheet for a November 10, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "Cheek" written by Frederick Mardsen and starring the comedian Roland Reed.

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The comedy drama the new Fogg’s ferry by Chas E. Callahan

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