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Chas. L. Davis' celebrated Alvin Joslin Comedy Company
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Chas. L. Davis (Alvin Joslin) in his new play : one of the old stock
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Image of a scene in a formal parlor with actor Charles L. Davis, playing the part of country bumpkin farmer Alvin Joslin, wrestling a man in formal suit for a gun, while a woman in a ball gown ducks away in fear, with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Davis in top left corner; the poster advertises the musical comedy "One of the Old Stock" by Davis.
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Peck’s Bad Boy
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Image of a city street with two children stealing fruit from a sleeping woman's sidewalk stand, with the boy, character Henry Peck, putting bananas and apples in a basket while a girl places a sign "Take all you want" on the stand, and a police officer sleeps in the alley behind; both the stand owner and police officer have red noses and are presumably Irish; the poster advertises the comedy "Peck's Bad Boy" based on the stories by George W. Peck.
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The exiles and other stories by Richard Harding Davis
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Image of an advertisement for The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis featuring an African American woman walking along a shoreline with a suitcase over one shoulder and a bundle with walking sticks under her arm; a man stands at the top of a bluff holding a lit cigarette at top left; ship on the water in background at right.
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Positive appearance of the funny 2 McCree & Trayers in the spicy comedy Froliques Francaise
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Howorth’s Hibernica Comedy Company
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Image of a central image of a horse-drawn cart with a driver and two male passengers on a rural country road with a hay bale and cabin in the background, surrounded by nine vignettes of full-length portraits of performers including a female performer in a formal gown singing from sheet music, a man dressed as Uncle Sam with a carpet bag, a male minstrel performer dancing in blackface, and a young boy; the vignettes are set against a background of green clover; the poster advertises Howorth's Hibernica Comedy Company.
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4th annual tour of J.C. Stewart’s Two Johns Comedy Company
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