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Pat Rooney & little Katy : in their character sketch

Description: Image of a girl, presumably Katie Rooney, in a short formal dress standing next to a man, presumably comedian Pat Rooney, in a suit holding a cane on a path outdoors surrounded by trees and shrubs with a house, lake, and mountains in the background; with date sheet for a January 25, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises a comedy routine between Pat Rooney and his daughter Katie Rooney.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1882
Call number: priJLC_ENT_002536
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Miss Katie Rooney with Rooney Comedy Co. in Pat’s new wardrobe : Asana Banad

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Image of a full-length portrait of young female actor Katie Rooney (also known as Kate Rooney) in a gingham costume waving, with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Rooney in a circular frame at upper left; ornate border decorated with clover and a palm frond; the poster advertises the comedy "Pat's New Wardrobe" (also promoted as "Pat's Wardrobe") written by Irish comedian Pat Rooney.

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Pat Rooney’s New York Star Combination

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Image of caricatures of Irish comedian Pat Rooney driving a horse-drawn carriage with a male performer and a female performer as passengers past a crowd of spectators standing before an opera house that carries a flag labeled "Independent Candidate Pat Rooney" towards the White House in Washington, D.C., while caricatures of political figures sit and watch in the lower right foreground (presumably, from left to right, Thomas Nast, John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling, James Blaine, Benjamin Franklin Butler, and William Tecumseh Sherman); date sheet for a show on October 30, [1884], presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted to bottom of image.

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Mr. Joe Sullivan, comedian

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Joe Sullivan in formal dress, with a twig and flower border; date sheet for a November 3, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted below image.

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Pat Rooney's New York star combination : Woodson and Bennett, character artists

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Image of three vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of minstrel performers Harry Woodson at upper left and Laura Bennett at lower right in formal dress and an older African American man, presumably Woodson in blackface, at upper right, with a xylophone, ribbon bow, and floral panel in the background.

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The eminent comedian John A. Mackay with Rice’s surprise party

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Image of a half-length portrait of comedian John A. MacKay; with a date sheet for an October 2, [1884], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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The Banker's daughter

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Image of a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase in an embassy while party guests, including women in ball gowns, an old man with a cane and an injured foot, and servant looking on, captioned "(The Insult)"; with a date sheet for a March 27, [1884], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" by Bronson Howard.

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Pat Rooney & little Katy : in their character sketch

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