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Harry Webber in nip & tuck detectives

Description: Image of a parlor containing two men in a fist fight while a woman and little girl watch, and two men, one carrying a gun and the other a piece of paper enter from opposing doorways; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in formal dress at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1877?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000299
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Harry Webber : [Nip and Tuck Detectives]

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Image of two men racing carts driven by snorting horses down a crowded city street and being chased by a police officer with angry pedestrians, a dog, and storefronts in the background; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in forma dress at upper left; unfinished title panel has horseshoe decoration; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."

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Harry Webber in nip & tuck detectives

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Image of a man running on foot while holding a piece of paper and chasing after a man on a galloping donkey; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in formal dress at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."

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Harry Watson : the funniest

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Image of a caricature of Dutch comedian Harry Watson wearing clogs and carrying a carpetbag with the initials "H.W." on the side while walking a small dog on a leash who is looking at an insect.

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"Cheek" Marsden's latest success with the eccentric comedian Roland Reed

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Image of a fist fight between two men, with two women and another man watching, taking place at night in Madison Square Park in New York City under electric arc lights, with trees, the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, the obelisk Worth Monument, buildings including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Erie Railway ticket office with signs including one for the "Payonia Ferry / Jersey City", and electricity poles in the background; the scene is captioned "Dick-'Cut in the face. He hadn't the cheek to stand it.'"; with a date sheet for a November 10, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "Cheek" written by Frederick Mardsen and starring the comedian Roland Reed.

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

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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; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" written by Bronson Howard.

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Passing the Rubicon

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Image of Lieutenant Silas Bent leading a boat of United States sailors through a group of Japanese boats in Tokyo Bay, Japan, during the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (the Perry Expedition) in 1853; Japanese men with spears in boats watch the American troops as they enter the harbor; U.S. naval ship and Japanese coastline visible in the distance.

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Harry Webber in nip & tuck detectives

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