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Mr. Geo. S. Knight

Description: Image of a three-quarter length portrait of German comedian and actor George S. Knight in formal dress with a gold watch fob, leaning on a stone wall with a garden and statue in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000418
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.

Mrs. Geo. S. Knight

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Image of American burlesque performer and actor Sophie Worrell Knight (Mrs. George S. Knight) wearing jewelry and a formal dress with bustle and ribbons, leaning on a stone wall with trees and a country cottage in the background.

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Over the garden wall : Mrs. Geo. S. Knight

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight in formal dress and wearing a large hat and framed by an Art Nouveau-style floral border; the poster advertises the musical and burlesque show "Over the Garden Wall" by Scott Marble produced by Knight and her husband, German comedian George S. Knight.

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Janauschek

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Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of Czech actor Fanny Janauschek (or Francesca Janauschek) holding a parasol umbrella, and wearing a dress with ribbons, a rose and floral corsage, and a necklace and earrings.

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Wilson & Rankin’s Minstrels : Geo. Wilson

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Image of a three-quarter length portrait of minstrel performer George Wilson in formal dress; floral design in lower left border.

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Mr. Barney Williams

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Irish-American actor and comedian Barney Williams wearing formal dress; oval frame around portrait.

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George Knight's Comedy Co. over the garden wall by Scott Marble

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Image of an outdoor courtyard with two servants and a man pushing two baby carriages and holding crying babies while onlookers watch; with vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, at bottom center; fragment of a date sheet for the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the musical and burlesque show "Over the Garden Wall" by Scott Marble that was produced by the Knights.

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Mr. Geo. S. Knight

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