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Von Suppe’s comic opera Fatinitza

Description: Image of a central image of a parade of primarily female performers in burlesque costumes carrying brooms, lanterns and weapons and marching in a Russian fort during a snow storm, with soldiers looking on; with two vignettes of exotic Middle Eastern scenes with women in a Turkish harem and men drinking tea and smoking from a hookah in the upper corner and two women at lower corners with palm trees above their heads looking on; fashion details include orientalism; the poster advertises the comic opera "Fatinitza" written by Franz von Suppe and set during the Crimean War.
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Date: approximately 1878?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000362
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Dietz lanterns standard of the world

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Image of a three-fold leaflet advertisement for Dietz Lanterns manufactured by R.E. Dietz Company of New York City; 29 models of lanterns pictured with measurements and features on recto and verso; four Dietz globes for use in their lanterns pictured and described on recto.

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Dietz lanterns standard of the world

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Image of a man in a suit and bow tie holding a lantern on the front of a three-fold leaflet advertisement for Dietz Lanterns manufactured by R.E. Dietz Company of New York City; 30 models of lanterns pictured with measurements and features on recto and verso; one Dietz globe for use in their lanterns pictured and described on recto; smiling man in a hat holding a Dietz kerosene "Sport" lantern at bottom center on recto.

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American fashions for fall & winter of 1861 & 62. by Wm. Glencross 212 Broadway, New York

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Image of one indoor and one outdoor vignette featuring primarily men, also women and children; fashion details include men's day and evening wear, coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats or neckties, and trousers for both men and boys; full skirts with jacket bodices (including a riding habit) for women; Orientalism-influenced men's and boy's ensembles featuring billowy pantaloons worn with gaiters and tasseled caps; accessories include top hats, canes, and women's feathered hats worn with snoods; reference key for figures numbered 1-22 along bottom of image.

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Von Suppe’s comic opera Fatinitza

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