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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of French opéra bouffe actor and singer Marie Aimée; with a date sheet for the December 8-9, [1884], show in Redmond's Grand Opera House in Grand Rapids, Michigan, pasted at the top of the image; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mam'zelle" written by George Jessop and William Gill.
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Rooms for rent : Mrs. Cutter : "who will paint your picture."
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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman holding a paintbrush and an artist's paint palette; with fragment of date sheet for an "Opera House" pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Rooms for Rent" written by Edward Holst and Herman Lee Ensign.
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"Fascination." : Cora Tanner
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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait in profile of actor Cora Tanner wearing earrings; date sheet for a May 30, [1887], performance of the play at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, pasted below image; the poster advertises the comedy "Fascination" (also titled "The Way We Live") written by Robert Buchanan.
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W.C. Mitchell’s pleasure party in our goblins or fun on the Rhine. : Mr. William Gill
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C.B. Bishop comedian in Twins
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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American comedian Charles B. Bishop in formal dress; border decorated with leaves, palm fronds, and comedy and tragedy masks; with date information for performances beginning on April 6, [1885], at the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco, California, at top; the poster advertises the English farce comedy "Twins."
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Henry E. Dixey supported by Rice & Dixey’s Big Burlesque Co. in Adonis
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Image of a central image of a carnival with four female performers dancing around the American actor Henry Dixey, dressed in historical costume as Adonis, with four head-and-shoulder portraits of the female dancers at top and a vignette portrait framed with flowers of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a sad young woman with a red heart being chopped by an ax; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill.
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