Image of a man wearing a formal suit with a flower boutonniere sitting on a chair with household objects including an umbrella, lamp, knife, books, and cane floating in air around his head; the poster advertises the variety and comedic show of brothers John Kernell and Harry Kernell.
Image of a full-length portrait of actor William E. Burton dressed as the character Timothy Toodle with a top hat and cane standing in a clearing in the woods; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Toodles" adapted by Burton from the play "The Farmer's Daughter" by R. J. Raymond.
Image of a full-length portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens dressed as the character "Paul Pry" with rumpled clothing, a top hat, umbrella, eyeglasses, and boots; the poster advertises the comedy "Paul Pry" written by Douglas William Jerrold.
Image of a central image of a row of nine male and female performers playing household items as musical instruments including two performers in blackface portraying an African American woman playing a rolling pin as a flute and an African American man playing an umbrella; surrounded by vignettes depicting additional comedic scenes and head-and-shoulder portraits of the nine actors and actresses in the production; the poster advertises the comedy-musical show "Fun on the Bristol, Or a Night on the Sound" managed by Edward E. Rice and Henry C. Jarrett and performing at City Hall (presumably in Portland, Maine) on October 29, [1880].
Image of a full-length portrait of the character Marks the lawyer with a top hat, cane, umbrella, and bag; the poster advertises a revival by George Peck of the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" adapted by the Stetson Company from the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Image of a full-length portrait of actor John T. Raymond in costume as the frontiersman character Major Bob Belter sitting on a log in the woods, with a border with two wilderness images and a flower and dot decoration; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "In Paradise" written by George Jessop and William Gill.
Image of the legs of three men, apparently disconnected from the top halves of their bodies, floating out open windows from a room containing a vase with palm fronds and a chair; 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.
