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Wm. Stafford : in the marble heart

Description: Image of a marble sculptor's workspace in Ancient Greece with the sculptor, presumably depicting actor William Stafford, and a young woman with a bare breast and handcuffs wearing short togas and Roman sandals, being surrounded by men and soldiers with helmets and spears before statues of three women that are partially hidden by ropes and curtains and illuminated by a man holding a lamp; the poster advertises the romantic melodrama "The Marble Heart" by Charles Selby.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1882
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001877
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

The Soudan

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Image of British cavalry in red military jackets and helmets charging on horseback with swords in the air; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature."

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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.

priJLC_ENT_000443

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.

priJLC_ENT_000279

A great wrong righted : John A. Stevens

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Image of a parlor with a man and woman fighting across a writing table while a woman holds a letter in her hand and another man enters the room through curtains; with a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of actor and dramatist John A. Stevens at top right; a printed date sheet advertising performances beginning on September 27, [1886], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, is pasted to the bottom of poster; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong Righted" (also titled "A Great Wrong") written by Stevens.

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Hearne's hearts of oak

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Image of a family in a parlor with two old men playing with a baby before a fire in a fireplace while women set the dining room table for dinner, with a piano, grandfather clock, and hanging framed pictures on the wall in the background; fragment of a date sheet with show information for an October 27, [1882], performance at the Opera House, presumably in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco.

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A Nutmeg Match. : written by Wm Haworth. Author of the ensign

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Image of a dining room scene with a wedding cake on the table and the groom sitting back in his chair as the bride rushes at him with her hands in the air knocking over her chair, while the rest of the family stands up from the table; a head-and-shoulder portrait framed within a nutmeg seed of a girl wearing a bonnet at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Nutmeg Match" written by William Haworth.

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Wm. Stafford : in the marble heart

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