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Frank Girard's attraction. A cold day when we get left

Description: Image of caricature full-length portraits of comedians Frank Wills, Frank Girard, and Charles Burke, with weather thermometers in place of their torsos, holding canes and Japanese fans while dancing in a row on a glacier with a ship against an iceberg in the background; date sheet for a January 21, [1885], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted to bottom of image; the poster advertises the comedy "A Cold Day When We Get Left" written by Joseph Arthur.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001876
Creator: Last, Jay T

A cold day when we get left

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Image of a head-and-shoulders caricature of an older man with a monocle, checkered suit jacket, and flower in his lapel; the poster advertises the comedy "A Cold Day When We Get Left" written by Joseph Arthur.

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Positive appearance of the funny 2 McCree & Trayers in the spicy comedy Froliques Francaise

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Image of hand-drawn lettering advertising the comedy show "Froliques Francaise" performed by comedians Matt Trayers and Junie McCree on December 26, [1898], at the Midway Plaisance, presumably in San Francisco, California; original art.

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Image of a seal on rocks with water and an iceberg in the background.

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

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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.

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Frank W. Sanger’s company supporting John F. Sheridan : in Mrs. Bridget O’Brien Esq

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Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol."

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Pat Rooney & little Katy : in their character sketch

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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.

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Frank Girard's attraction. A cold day when we get left

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