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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)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Arnold, Vic. (approximately 1837-1914.); Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1820-); Bencke, Herman. (1868-1903.); Blue, Ed. (1853-1925.); Bonar, Thomas. (1843-1895.); Briggs, A. (-1926.); Cadwell, William H. (1812-1895.); Dreser, William, (1824-); Dunshee, E. S. (active 1870-1880.); Durkin, J. (1839-1890.); Etherington, C. (1832-1910.); Falk, B. J. (1848-1939.); Frizzell, S. S. (1821-1896.); Goodman, Arthur Jule, (1834-1904.); Gurney, Jeremiah, (1836-1918.); Haehnlen, Jacob, (1850-1901.); Hallworth, Joseph B.; Hart, Chas.; Hyde, James G.; Lord, F.; Maerz, Alois J.; Magee, John L.; Morgan, Matthew Somerville,; Parsloe, Edmond.; Peel, J. W.; Rimanoczy, A.,; Rothengatter, Emil,; Sarony, Napoleon,; Thomas, Henry Atwell,; Willard, Archibald M.,; Windisch, A.; De La Harpe, Joseph,
Associated organizations: A. Hoen & Co.; A.S. Seer's Printing Establishment (New York, N.Y.); Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co.; Alfred Mudge and Son.; American Lithographic Co.; American Oleograph Co.; American Show Print (Firm); Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.); Boston Job Print.; Burk & McFetridge.; Calhoun Printing Company.; Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.); Central Lith. & Eng. Co.; Chicago Bank Note Company.; Chicago Lithographing Co.; Clear & Co.; Courier Company.; Currier & Ives.; David Allen & Sons.; Donaldson Litho. Co.; Enquirer Job Printing Co.; Enquirer Litho Co.; Enterprise Litho Co.; Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co.; Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.; Francis & Valentine.; Goes Lithographic Co.; Graphic Company.; Great Western Pr. Eng. & Lith. Co.; Greve Show Print Co.; H. A. Thomas & Co.; H. A. Thomas & Sterling.; H.A. Thomas & Wylie.; H.C. Miner Litho. Co.; Hatch Lith. Co.; Henry Seibert & Bros.; J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.; J.M.W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co.; Kurz & Allison.; Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.); Liebler & Maass.; MacBrair Lith. Co.; Maerz Lith. Co.; Metropolitan Job Printing and Engraving Establishment.; Metropolitan Print.; N. Currier (Firm); National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.); New England Lithographic Co.; New York Popular Publishing Co.; Otis Lithograph Co.; Mesier's Lith.; Phoenix Litho. Co.; Quigley Litho. Co.; R. H. Eichner & Co. Lith.; Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.); Riverside Printing Company.; Russell-Morgan Print.; Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.; Shearman & Hart.; Shober & Carqueville.; Springer Litho. Co.; Stafford & Co.; Standard Embossing Co.; Strobridge & Co. Lith.; Strobridge Lithographing Company.; T. Fitzwilliams and Co.; T. Sinclair & Son.; T. Sinclair's Lith.; U.S. Printing Co.; Thomas, Sterling & Wylie.; Una & Sturn.; W.J. Morgan & Co.; Walker Lith. Pub. Co.; Walle & Co.; Wm. Bengough & Co.
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