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British Blonde Burlesque Troupe

Description: Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified blond woman framed in a heart border with a banner reading “Fun” and “Wit” and surrounded by seven playing cards with portraits of unidentified man and women depicted as the kings and queens of the deck, with a front banner held up by two naked cherubs with angel wings; the poster advertises the “British Blonde Burlesque Troupe.”
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1870
Call number: priJLC_ENT_002334
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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[Head-and-shoulders image of blond woman, facing right, wearing gypsy like clothing]

Visual Materials

Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of an unidentified female performer with blond hair wearing a green cap, gold jewelry, and a shirt decorated with gold designs.

priJLC_ENT_000365

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Buckley's Opera Troupe with Brass Band [fragment] Town Hall. R. Jean Buckley, Manager … Saturday Evening, February 25. Last Night of the World Renowned Buckley's Opera Troupe with Brass Band. …, 25 February?

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With woodcut image of black cherubs

priJLC_ENT_TBroadsides

Petts & Straffin’s : Minstrels Co. burlesque opera troupe

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Image of a central image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits sitting on a stage and holding musical instruments and surrounded by top and bottom vignettes of male and female minstrels dancing and performing skits in costumes; with three caricatures of performers at top of image.

priJLC_ENT_000506

General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections

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Image of a map of most of the continental United States and part of Mexico showing the main routes and connecting lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with routes and railroad stations named; map verso contains 16 panels with railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, a vignette of the interior of a Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car with well-dressed diners being served by African-American servers, a vignette of a Pullman sleeping car with passengers sitting in seats, including a woman reading and a girl, and inset with an image of a sleeping birth and a man shining shoes; folding map cover contains a vignette of a train on the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains and an American eagle with wings displayed standing on a shield with an "E Pluribus Unum" banner.

priJLC_TRAN_001061

[Two proofs of classical women with cherubs]

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Image of a proof sheet for two cards featuring women in outdoors Classical dress with cherubs; cherub with a lyre near a sleeping woman at left; two women bathing cherubs in a fountain and hanging them up with ribbon in a tree to dry.

priJLC_PRG_002147

Hercules 140 paragon

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Image of umbrella box label with four panels with gold scrollwork borders; two panels feature a central star with clouds and a burst of rays radiating outward; left panel features a large image of Hercules with a club with a scene of cherubs under an umbrella below and a man and woman walking under an umbrella in a rainy park-like setting above; panel second from right features a celestial female goddess or angel-like figure with white robe and streaming hair surrounded by flowers, rays and cherubs with garlands and a pair of cherubs under an umbrella below.

priJLC_FASH_001671

British Blonde Burlesque Troupe

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