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Kernell's ... the original “Gras”

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1887
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000400
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States

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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.

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Broadway Theatre corner of Broadway & Broome St. : John E. Owens as "Paul Pry"

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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.

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Jarrett & Rice’s new departure : fun on the Bristol : City Hall, Friday, Oct. 29

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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].

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George Peck’s grand revival of Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin : booked by Klaw & Erlanger

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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.

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John T. Raymond as Major Bob. : in paradise

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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.

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

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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.

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Kernell's ... the original “Gras”

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