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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000286
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Shadows of a great city. : Act II

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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.

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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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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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The Banker's daughter

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Image of a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase in an embassy while party guests, including women in ball gowns, an old man with a cane and an injured foot, and servant looking on, captioned "(The Insult)"; with a date sheet for a March 27, [1884], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" by Bronson Howard.

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Lena Aberle : in Ouida a great production

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Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of actor Lena Aberle in a formal dress and wearing earrings with flowers along bottom; the poster advertises the melodrama "Ouida, or a Woman's Vengeance."

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The banker’s daughter : act III the quarrel at the embassy - an insult resented

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

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