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Frederic Bryton : in “Forgiven” the greatest American play ever written

Description: Image of a father figure, presumably American actor Frederic Bryton, standing and holding a female infant in his arms, with a vignette of a half-length portrait of the little girl, with the caption "Little Leonie" above, inset at top left with a small flower detail and palm fronds visible in left border of image; with text in top and bottom margins advertising performances beginning on August 23, [1886], at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Forgiven" written by Clay M. Greene.
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Date: approximately 1886
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000291
Creator: Last, Jay T

Quality Amusement Corp. presents "Custer's last fight" the greatest wild west feature ever filmed

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Image of an outdoor scene showing Native American Indians on horseback shooting rifles in a battle, with a military fort that is on fire and the United States Cavalry charging down a mountains in the background; with a top left vignette of a half-length portrait of United States Army officer and cavalry commander George Custer (captioned "Gen. George A. Custer") in a military uniform with gloves and hat, and a top-right head-and-shoulders portrait of Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (captioned "Sitting Bull") wearing a headdress; the scene depicts the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn between Plains Indian tribes and the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Black Hills of Montana; the poster advertises the film "Custer's Last Fight" released by the Quality Amusement Corporation and based on footage from a 1912 movie produced by Thomas Ince.

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Van Osten and Day Concert Co. : Donald C. Franck the greatest of all humorists

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Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of comedic performer Donald Franck in formal dress, in a circular frame surrounded by flowers; cluster of character masks at bottom left.

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Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the four Silbons, America's greatest troupe of aerialists

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Image of the two female and two male members of the Silbon aerialist troupe performing, with a central image of the members performing on trapezes in multiple routines simultaneously, while a male circus performer balances on a moving horse in a circus ring with a clown in the background, and an image, at left, of the Silbons standing one-on-top of the other while balancing on hanging rings outdoors.

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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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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 standing outdoors as the character Timothy Toodle with his clothing, top hat, and tie disheveled and wearing gloves that are too small, with a house in the background; 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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Otto : a German

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Image of circular vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, surrounded by tree, leaf, and fence borders, and four vignettes of scenes with a top center image of an outdoors view of a couple and two men in the front yard of a house with a fountain captioned "Act. 1st"; a bottom left image of an outdoor view of a park with a couple and a man on the ground having just been hit by a woman captioned "Act. 2nd."; a bottom center image of three men in a warehouse captioned "Act 3rd."; and a bottom right image of individuals in a formal parlor captioned "Act. 4th."; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Otto, a German" by Fred Mardsen.

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Frederic Bryton : in “Forgiven” the greatest American play ever written

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