Visual Materials

Bandmann as : Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Description: Image of German-American actor Daniel E. Bandmann sitting, as the character Doctor Henry Jekyll, at a desk in a medical office strewn with books and papers, and a skull and skeleton at upper left, with full length-portraits of Bandmann standing upright with a drinking glass as Dr. Jekyll and crouched over as the evil monster Mr. Edward Hyde at lower left; the poster advertises the play "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1888?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000270
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Robert Louis Stevenson letter to John Paul Bocock

Manuscripts

Also enclosed: an analysis and interpretation by Richard Mansfield of the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, December 30, 1887.

mssHM 2414

Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla

Visual Materials

Image of a product wrapping for Dr. H. Cox's compound syrup of sarsaparilla; half-length portrait of Dr. Hiram Cox at center; explorer/naturalist with rifle and herbs in hand at left; ailing man seated next to a table and cat at right.

priJLC_MED_004484

Dr. Leons’ celebrated preparations

Visual Materials

Image of three vignettes advertising Dr. Leons’ celebrated preparations; woman with long hair in dishabille at left uses "Dr. Leons' Electric Hair Renewer" while seated in front of a vanity; woman at center plays a piano; woman seated at right accompanied by her husband offers "Dr. Leons' Infant Remedy' to her three young children; decorative border.

priJLC_MED_002626

Hyde’s Star Specialty Co. : Frank Howard

Visual Materials

Image of an older African American man holding a cane and carpetbag, with a rural cabin in the background; the poster presumably advertises the sketch "Way Down South" performed by blackface actor Frank Howard with Hyde's Star Specialty Company under the management of James Hyde.

priJLC_ENT_000204

Disturbing a Martins nest

Visual Materials

Image of a satire on the administration of United States President Martin Van Buren (at right) referencing his alliance with political strategist Amos Kendall against Senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge; Kendall (left) and Van Buren are at a table strewn with "discharge" papers; Kendall is seated below a painting of Andrew Jackson titled "Glory," and reads the "Globe" newspaper; Van Buren sits below a portrait of "Globe" editor Francis Preston Blair; Tallmadge watches from behind a curtain at center.

priJLC_POL_002631

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / R.L. Stevenson

Rare Books

This collection contains 324 booklets from the Little Blue Book and related series published by the Haldeman-Julius Company of Girard, Kansas. The collection includes booklets dating from 1921 to 1943, with the bulk dating from the 1920s. The titles in the collection range from reprints of literary classics by authors such as ancient Greek tragedians, William Shakespeare, and Ralph Waldo Emerson to contemporary writings by geologist Carroll Lane Fenton, historian Will Durant. More than 150 authors are represented and the booklets often focus on topics such as free thought, philosophy, religion, evolution, natural history, biographies of scientists and historical figures, and guides and essays about philosophers and authors. The booklets are primarily identified as part of the "Little Blue Book" series on the front cover, but there are some titles from the Five cent pocket series; the Ten Cent pocket series; the Appeal pocket series; and the Pocket series.

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Bandmann as : Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

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