Visual Materials

Two orphans

Description: Image of a central image of two young woman, orphan sisters Henrietta and the blind Louise, standing together, with two vignettes of scenes consisting of Louise begging in the snow with an older woman, and a sword fight between two men in historical costumes in France with a crowd looking on; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Two Orphans" written by Adolphe D'Ennery and adapted by Hart Jackson and provides information for performances staring actress Mary Jeffrey Lewis to begin on September 27, [1886], at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000436
Creator: Last, Jay T

Truly yours Minnie Wallace, : in Joaquin Miller’s play, (and under the personal supervision of the author) Oregon!

Visual Materials

Image of actor Minnie Wallace as a young woman wearing a sleeveless dress in a field and holding a bundle of flowers above her head; printed date information for performances beginning on August 23, [1886], at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California; the poster advertises the play "Oregon!" written by Joaquin Miller.

priJLC_ENT_000356

[Two proofs of classical women with cherubs]

Visual Materials

Image of a proof sheet for two cards featuring women in outdoors Classical dress with cherubs; cherub with a lyre near a sleeping woman at left; two women bathing cherubs in a fountain and hanging them up with ribbon in a tree to dry.

priJLC_PRG_002147

Yer' 'and, Guv'nor, yer' 'and

Visual Materials

Image of an upper-class man in a suit and top hat scowling at a beggar with a cup begging for change; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "The Guv'nor" written by E. G. Lankester.

priJLC_ENT_000979

Minnie Wallace in Joaquin Miller’s idyl play, Oregon!

Visual Materials

Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of actor Minnie Wallace wearing a hat; with printed date information for performances beginning on August 23, [1886], at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California; the poster advertises the play "Oregon!" written by Joaquin Miller.

priJLC_ENT_000415

[Proof sheet of two prints of girls with flowers]

Visual Materials

Image of a proof sheet for two full-length portraits of a young woman with flowers; girl with hair pulled back holds out a garland made of roses (left); girl holds up her apron holding dozens of daffodils (right).

priJLC_PRG_002048

The white slave by Bartley Campbell

Visual Materials

Image of two scenes from the play "The White Slave" consisting of a top image of a woman and man standing beyond a porch at dusk with the caption "Rags are royal raiment, when worn for virtue's sake!" and a bottom image of a white woman standing in a cloak in a dark lantern-lit room of men and an African American woman in a cloak with the caption "That lady is a genuine white woman!"; the poster advertises the drama "The White Slave" by Bartley Campbell.

priJLC_ENT_000258

Two orphans

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Truly yours Minnie Wallace, : in Joaquin Miller’s play, (and under the personal supervision of the author) Oregon!

[Two proofs of classical women with cherubs]

Yer' 'and, Guv'nor, yer' 'and

Minnie Wallace in Joaquin Miller’s idyl play, Oregon!

[Proof sheet of two prints of girls with flowers]

The white slave by Bartley Campbell