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Minnie Palmer

Description: 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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Date: approximately 1887
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000414

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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My sweetheart : R.E. Graham. Minnie Palmer

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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.

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John O’Donnell : the gifted actor and tenor in : Rollicking Shannon : management Al. Mc.Lean

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Image of a scene in a dining room with a man, presumably Irish actor John O'Donnell, punching another man with his fist, while a woman in a pink dress watches the fighting; the performers are dressed in historical costumes and stand before a table and fireplace; the poster advertises the romantic comedy "Rollicking Shannon" written by Alexander McLean.

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Atlantic : September

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Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine September issue; female figure dressed in chiton and mantle stands next to incense burner while holding a kylix; columns in background.

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John E. Owens in his famous pathetic & comic characters

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Image of a central vignette of a family sitting in a dining room on a snowy evening while a man lies dead on the ground next to a gun outside and a couple embraces in a barn, captioned "Dot, or the cricket on the hearth," with a top center vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens in formal dress, seven vignettes of portraits of Owens dressed as characters, captioned "Perkyn Middlewick the butterman," "Joshua Butterby," "Paul Pry," "John Unit," Major Wellington de Boots," Solon Shingle," and Dr. Pangloss, L.L.D. & A.S.S.," and six additional smaller vignettes of dramatic scenes.

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Our suspenders are made with improved ends, and celebrated for their beauty of finish & durability of material

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Image of a man brushing his hair in front of a mirrored dresser with a woman dressed in a ruffled dress with bustle helping him dress by fastening his suspenders; interlocking "WB&C" monogram at bottom center for West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Company.

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