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[French aristocrats, women, and nuns on a staircase]

Description: Image of French aristocratic men in historic costumes and long hair embracing women around the stone stairs of an abbey with nuns and soldiers with rifles in the background; the poster may advertise the comic opera "Nanon" set in Paris, France, during the reign of King Louis XIV, and originally written in German by librettist Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym F. Zell) with a score by Richard Genee.
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Date: between 1885 and 1900
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000988
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Nanon

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Image of five vignettes with scenes of characters in historic and burlesque costumes in a royal French ballroom with a central staircase, dancing, and on a stage before curtains, with characters including French monarchs in large wigs and nuns; the poster advertises the comic opera "Nanon," set in Paris, France, during the reign of King Louis XIV, and originally written in German by librettist Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym F. Zell) with a score by Richard Genee, and includes date information for performances beginning on October 5, [1885], at the Colonel Sinn's Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York.

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Image of a soldier in uniform embracing a woman in a sad farewell with a plumed hat raised in his left hand; a second soldier with horse waits outside the door of the well-appointed home.

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These certify that ___ was legally admitted a member of the Pilots' Charitable Society

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priJLC_MAR_003313

The marvelous melo-dramatic success. : "A great wrong" written by John A. Stevens

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Image of a military officer in uniform embracing a woman, with a clock and palm tree fronds visible in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong" (also titled "A Great Wrong Righted") written by John Stevens.

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Constable Hook Company

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Image of an outdoor scene with people in historical costumes running about a courtyard while flames come out of burning building, with a well in the background, and a man trying to trap another man in a wooden barrel, an old woman fighting with a man on the ground and about to hit him with a cane, and a couple embracing.

priJLC_ENT_000977

[French aristocrats, women, and nuns on a staircase]

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