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The mother-in-law's discovery

Description: Image of a scene in a house with a mother-in-law attacking an Irish man with a feather duster and holding a letter addressed "Alderman McSweeney New York" with a couple, a man drinking from a bottle of wine, and a woman entering through a door in the background and a sign reading "Keep Nothing From Mother" on the wall; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "The Irish Alderman," written by Robert Neilson Stephens, in which a female impersonator played the role of Mrs. Bridget Casey, the mother-in-law of Alderman Dennis McSweeney.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1896 and 1900?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000330
Creator: Last, Jay T

Zozo the magic queen

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Image of a collage of images centered on a young man in an aristocratic historical costume with tights holding up a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, and surrounded by a villain holding a knife, young scantily clad women in classical dress holding the strings for puppet caricatures of five men including a female impersonator, an older man, a man holding an American flag, and an Irish man; with a large bat, full moon, gothic sculptures, and waves hitting a rocky shore; the poster advertises the dramatic spectacle "Zozo, the Magic Queen."

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Blaney’s extravaganza success ----- a female drummer

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Image of an interior view of a department store crowded with female customers, African American porters, and an Irish policemen during a corset sale; a female impersonator stands with a man atop a store counter, with a sign below the counter "Flags for all nations except one Smooth, Silk & C[?]", and a woman attempts to get into an elevator; the poster advertises the comedic play "A Female Drummer" by Charles E. Blaney.

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Tony Pastor’s Grand Company : Callan Haley and Callan

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Image of six vignettes of minstrel performers John Callan, Maurice Haley, and James Callan consisting of three individual head-and-should portraits of the Callans and Haley in formal dress and three scenes of the performers wearing costumes and performing in blackface including a scene with one man dressed as a female impersonator and a scene with one man wearing a jacket with the word "RATS" on the back while another of the troupe measures the size of his skull with a measuring instrument.

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The black valley in great sensation drama of Peep O’Day

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Image of an outdoor scene near a rock quarry in Ireland with a young woman trying to fight off a man attacking her with a shovel while a man swinging from a tree limb attempts to rescue her, and a man stands on a cliff above near a windmill, with a lake in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer, and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim, as performed by actor Mrs. D.P. Bowers (Elizabeth Crocker Bowers) at the New Chesnut Street Theatre (also spelled New Chestnut Street Theatre) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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M.W. Hanley's Company presenting Edward Harrigan's latest New York success McSorley's Inflation

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Image of an eight-page theatrical courier including the front cover with a bust statue of American playwright and actor Edward Harrigan being pointed to by a caricature of Martin W. Hanley who stands nearby with a globe; a back cover page with an image presumably of Irish-American character Peter McSorley talking to his wife, portrayed by a female impersonator, in her grocery stall at Washington Market with watermelons and chickens in the background; a page with the lyrics of songs from the play including some written by Dave Braham; a page with the show's program; a page with three vignettes of an African American military regiment marching through the streets captioned "Charleston Blues," a six-piece band playing in the street with the sign "Salvation Army," and two women arguing in a grocery store captioned "Washington Market"; a page with seven vignettes of character portraits of a man at different ages including as a baby, child, soldier, and old man titled "The Seven Ages in 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare"; a page with short humorous articles as well as statistics of the "Population of States and Territories in 1880"; a page with two vignettes of a crowd of dancing white men and women and black men captioned "McNally's Row of Flats," and a street scene with a grocer arguing with a man while a woman looks on and a Chinese immigrant falls out of a window while holding a trombone, and an African American man carries a bundle of laundry into a store with storefront signs for the "Coroner's Office" and "Hung Lung Laundry" behind and the caption "Chinese Must Go"; the courier advertises the musical comedy "McSorley's Inflation" written by Edward Harrigan.

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John O’Donnell : the gifted actor and tenor in : Rollicking Shannon : management Al. Mc.Lean

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Image of a scene in a dining room with a man, presumably Irish actor John O'Donnell, punching another man with his fist, while a woman in a pink dress watches the fighting; the performers are dressed in historical costumes and stand before a table and fireplace; the poster advertises the romantic comedy "Rollicking Shannon" written by Alexander McLean.

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