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Wallack’s moths

Description: Image of moths flying around a candle flame in a circular frame decorated with plant branches and the text of the title in twisted wood typeface; the poster advertises the melodrama "Moths" adapted by Henry Hamilton from a novel by Ouida (the pseudonym of English novelist Maria Louise Ramé) and produced by Lester Wallack.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1883
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000440
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Janauschek

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Image of four vignettes showing dramatic scenes featuring Czech actor Fanny Janauschek (or Francesca Janauschek) consisting of one with a woman lying on the floor after being shot by a man with a rifle as another man kidnaps a baby; an outdoor scene with women and men in Elizabethan historical costumes; and two parlor scenes including one where a woman points accusingly at a man who holds a candelabra menacingly; with the name "Janauschek" centered across the poster in twisted wood typeface and four quotes from newspapers about her acting abilities.

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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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Union Square Theatre success : a prisoner for life

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Image of a young man and an old man in historical costumes trying to escape a jail cell, with the young man holding open a bag and the older man breaking the blocks of the cell wall with a metal rod; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Prisoner for Life" adapted from a French play by Louis Nathal.

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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 standing outdoors as the character Timothy Toodle with his clothing, top hat, and tie disheveled and wearing gloves that are too small, with a house in the background; 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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Chas L. Andrews Minuet Carnival Co. : The prize march of the fire laddies in Michael Strogoff

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Image of a band of female fire brigade officers clad in uniforms of red shirts, black pants, boots, and firefighter helmets marching in two lines and blowing horns; scroll and eagle emblem top center; "CLA" monogram logo in gold shield in top left corner; the poster advertises the melodrama "Michael Strogoff" adapted by Charles L. Andrews from the novel by Jules Verne.

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Two orphans

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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.

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Wallack’s moths

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