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Pour prendre congé or seeing Switzerland : Emmerson, Clark & Daly Brothers

Description: Image of a central image of a horse-drawn stagecoach crashing out of control in an accident with passengers in historical clothing falling with luggage and broken wagon wheels from the carriage, bordered by vignettes of a man falling through a ceiling onto a dinner table and another with a pantomime clown falling into a stack of luggage while a military officer with a sword steps over a man while climbing stairs towards him; with head-and-shoulders portraits of comedians Morton Emmerson (or Morton Emerson), Willis Clark, and William Daly and Thomas Daly in formal dress; the poster advertises the pantomimic comedy "Pour Prendre Congé; or, Seeing Switzerland" produced by William A. Mestayer and John P. Smith.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1881
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001008

King High Kickers

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Image of a poster that depicts the King High Kickers performing in blackface in various acts including standing on a table, falling back in a chair and through a table, and sitting in a barrel being pasted to a building wall by a man on a ladder; the four members of the King High Kickers, Morton Emerson, Willis Clark, Thomas Daly, and William Daly, look at the poster with their backs to the viewer and head-and-shoulder portraits of each performer in formal dress on their backs; Emerson and Thomas Daly are dressed as female impersonators.

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Augustin Daly’s great play under the gaslight : under the management of P.T. Turner

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Image of a parlor with a young woman, portraying the character Laura Courtland, in a formal dress sitting in a chair holding an open book while a man, the character Ray Trafford, in a tuxedo stands behind, with a table, framed picture, vase and flowers, and curtains in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Under the Gaslight" by Augustin Daly.

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Arthur Rehan's Company : Augustin Daly’s latest & merriest success Nancy & Co

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The new baby : a howling success chaperoned by David De Wolf

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Image of two tigers being forced over the edge of a jungle cliff by two hunters in an advertisement for Dr. D. Jayne's Alterative remedy; one man holds the trunk of a palm to avoid falling while the other swings the barrel of his rifle at the tiger who has not yet fallen completely over the edge.

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Pour prendre congé or seeing Switzerland : Emmerson, Clark & Daly Brothers

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