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My sweetheart : R.E. Graham. Minnie Palmer

Description: Image of two panels of rural outdoor scenes of country life, with kids playing "Ring around the Rosie" with a young dancing man, presumably American actor Robert E. Graham, in the center and a stone well and a thatched-roof cottage in the background in the left panel; a milkmaid, presumably American actor Minnie Palmer, pulls up her striped stockings, with a pail on the ground, in the right panel; the poster advertises the musical comedy "My Sweetheart" written by William Gill.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1881
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000334
Creator: Last, Jay T

Minnie Palmer

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Image of actor Minnie Palmer portraying multiple different stage characters in a single scene, with Palmer dressed as a male impersonator in the military uniform of a naval cadet standing before a fireplace and smoking a cigarette, while Palmer, dressed as a bootblack, falls out of the fireplace, Palmer dressed as a maid with two lap dogs looks on, and a miniature version of Palmer bent over to rearrange her dress stands on the fireplace mantle; with a portrait of Palmer in formal dress and a picture of a beach labeled "Long Branch" hanging above the mantle; the poster presumably advertises Palmer's play "My Brother's Sister" written by Leonard Grover in which she appears as those characters.

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Yours Truly Minnie Palmer

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Minnie Palmer wearing a hat and jewelry including a butterfly pin.

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The new baby : a howling success chaperoned by David De Wolf

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Image of a bedroom scene with a father in his nightgown about to step barefoot on a pile of tacks as he holds a crying baby who pulls on his hair and mustache, while, behind them, a mother and two sons laugh from a bed and one holds a sign that reads "110th lap," and the woman pulls the man's wallet from pants hanging near the bed; the poster advertises the comedy "The New Baby" adapted by English actor and stage manager Arthur Bourchier from the German play "Der Rabenvater" by H. Fischer and Joseph Jarn.

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Louis Aldrich : my partner

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Image of a man, presumably American actor Louis Aldrich, standing on a cliff in the wilderness with mining tools on the ground, with his hand raised to another man across a ravine standing outside of a cabin, with mountains and a waterfall in the distance; the poster has printed date information for performances beginning on January 18, [1886], at the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the drama "My Partner" by Bartley Campbell.

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Minnie Wallace in Joaquin Miller’s idyl play, Oregon!

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of actor Minnie Wallace wearing a hat; with printed date information for performances beginning on August 23, [1886], at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California; the poster advertises the play "Oregon!" written by Joaquin Miller.

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Mr. Robert Downing

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Image of American actor Robert Downing, in costume, performing as a Roman gladiator and standing with a sword and shield standing over a fallen opponent; the poster presumably advertises the tragedy "The Gladiator."

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My sweetheart : R.E. Graham. Minnie Palmer

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