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The Catalpa the rescuers and the rescued

Description: Image of the ship Catalpa, pictured in the midst of the rescue of the escaped Fenians off the coast of Australia with several ships in pursuit; portraits of the escaped Fenian men and their rescuers (Michael Harrington, Thomas Darragh, James McNally Wilson, John Breslin, Denis Duggan, John King, Thomas Desmond, Thomas Brennan, Captain George Smith Anthony, Thomas Hassett, Martin J. Hogan, and Robert Cranston); portraits, Irish clover and Celtic harps frame central ship image.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1876
Call number: priJLC_MAR_002605
Creator: Last, Jay T

Bark Catalpa, of New Bedford

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Image of the sailing ship Catalpa, pictured in the midst of the rescue of the escaped Fenians off the coast of Australia with a police boat and the British ship Georgette in pursuit.

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Rescue Brand

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Image of seamen rowing a boat named "Rescue" as a ship in flames sinks in the background; Stewart Fruit Co. blue pennant logo on flagpole of boat and life preserver at bottom of stylized image panel.

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Cassie and Victoria Foster : the fairy sisters : smallest persons in the world

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Image of a central image of full-length portraits of dwarf children Cassie Foster and Victoria Foster in formal dress standing next to a piano, and surrounded by five vignettes of the sisters sitting on a miniature couch and standing on a full-sized chair, and performing in costume as two sailors on a boat, kissing as fairies amid flowers and grass, and standing outdoors in Celtic outfits including kilts, with a top center vignette of a fairy-like woman with arms outstretched.

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[Dandelions and blue flowers growing]

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Image of dandelions, blue flowers, and clover in a field.

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Howorth’s Hibernica Comedy Company

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Image of a central image of a horse-drawn cart with a driver and two male passengers on a rural country road with a hay bale and cabin in the background, surrounded by nine vignettes of full-length portraits of performers including a female performer in a formal gown singing from sheet music, a man dressed as Uncle Sam with a carpet bag, a male minstrel performer dancing in blackface, and a young boy; the vignettes are set against a background of green clover; the poster advertises Howorth's Hibernica Comedy Company.

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Scene from "Peep O’Day." Laura Keene's Theatre

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Image of an Irish outdoor dancing festival with men and women in historical costumes dancing as couples, and a stone Celtic cross, castle, ruins, bridge and mountains in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim.

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The Catalpa the rescuers and the rescued

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