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Compliments of Sid. C. France

Description: Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Sidney C. France with a mustache, framed in an artist’s paint palette and flowering branches.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000379
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Joseph Grismer : the new South

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Joseph Grismer framed with a wreath; the poster advertises the melodrama "The New South" written by Clay M. Green and Joseph R. Grismer.

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Rooms for rent : Mrs. Cutter : "who will paint your picture."

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman holding a paintbrush and an artist's paint palette; with fragment of date sheet for an "Opera House" pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Rooms for Rent" written by Edward Holst and Herman Lee Ensign.

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Gus Williams in his new comedy “oh, what a night”

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams as the character Major Pottgeiser, in a frame bordered by stars in the night sky, leaves, tree branches, and an owl with a bandaged head peering over the portrait frame; the poster advertises the comedy "Oh, What a Night" written by George Hoey.

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Milton Nobles : comedian and dramatist

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Milton Nobles wearing formal dress, framed in a circle, and surrounded by legal books on a shelf with papers signed by Nobles with a quill pen and one book open and listing plays and dates including the play "Love and Law" written by Nobles in 1883.

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Henry E. Dixey supported by Rice & Dixey’s Big Burlesque Co. in Adonis

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Image of a central image of a carnival with four female performers dancing around the American actor Henry Dixey, dressed in historical costume as Adonis, with four head-and-shoulder portraits of the female dancers at top and a vignette portrait framed with flowers of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a sad young woman with a red heart being chopped by an ax; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill.

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Hallen & Hart’s first prize ideals : Julia Wilson the original 'Tot.'

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Image of a profile head-and-shoulders portrait of Julia Wilson in a white bonnet framed within a Japanese folding fan with flowers and a ribbon; the poster advertises the vaudeville variety show "First Prize Ideals" produced by the vaudeville company Hallen and Hart under Frederick Hallen and Enid Hart; a text panel with the name of actor "Polly McDonald" was pasted over Wilson's name on the poster.

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