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Blue Jeans "will never wear out" by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

Description: Image of an advertising poster for the melodrama "Blue Jeans" by Joseph Arthur with four "features" showcased in vignettes; "The Big Political Barbecue" scene at top center shows a large crowd of people toasting with raised cups outdoors with a band at left and a pair of women embracing at right; "Thrilling Sawmill Scene" in a saw mill showing an unconscious man on a moving conveyor belt about to be cut in half by a saw blade while the villain looks on and a woman breaks through an office door with a chair at left to rescue the man; "The Great Lynching Scene" in the sawmill with a women standing over the unconscious man while a crowd of men gathers to apprehend the villain; bottom center the "Rising Sun Roarers" musicians stand playing around a drum major with baton raised in one hand.
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Date: approximately 1890-1905

Blue Jeans : will never wear out : by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

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Image of a scene in a saw mill showing an unconscious man on a moving conveyor belt about to be cut in half by a saw blade while the villain looks on and a woman breaks through an office door with a chair at left to rescue the man; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blue Jeans" by Joseph Arthur.

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Blue Jeans : will never wear out : written by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

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Image of a younger woman being escorted out of a doorway in the home of an older couple, while an old woman reaches out and an old man stands on a chair holding a framed picture on the wall, with a sign above the door that reads "God Bless Our Home"; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blue Jeans" written by Joseph Arthur.

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Royce and Lansing Musical Comedy Co. : in a basket of chips

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Image of five character vignettes consisting of two male and two female musicians, in Spanish costumes, standing in a row playing mandolins; head-and-shoulder portraits of a whiteface clown and a hobo captioned "The Cherubs," a portrait of a man with a cane and long mustache and a woman wearing a bonnet captioned "Symantha and Algernon"; an old man in an historical costume patting a boy with an ax on the head captioned "The Little Hatchet"; and a pirate with a knife moving towards a girl in a nightgown with her arms raised captioned "The Amateur Villain and Maiden"; with vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of Ray L. Royce, at upper right, and Web Lansing, at lower left, and a decorative border; the poster advertises the musical-comedy show "Basket of Chips" performed by Royce and Lansing's company.

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Zozo the magic queen

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Image of a collage of images centered on a young man in an aristocratic historical costume with tights holding up a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, and surrounded by a villain holding a knife, young scantily clad women in classical dress holding the strings for puppet caricatures of five men including a female impersonator, an older man, a man holding an American flag, and an Irish man; with a large bat, full moon, gothic sculptures, and waves hitting a rocky shore; the poster advertises the dramatic spectacle "Zozo, the Magic Queen."

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John T. Raymond

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor John T. Raymond in an oval frame, surrounded by vignettes of scenes from six of Raymond's plays consisting of a man handing another man a rolled document captioned "Risks." and depicting a scene from the comedy by Bartley Campbell; a man speaking in a courtroom captioned "Col. Sellers." and depicting a scene from the play "Colonel Sellers" based on the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain; a man trying to strangle another man before a well captioned "Wolfert's Roost." and depicting a scene from "Ichabod Crane" by George Fawcett Rowe and based on a story by Washington Irving; a young couple sitting in a romantic embrace on a couch captioned "Paradise" and depicting a scene from the play "In Paradise" by George Jessop and William Gill; a crowded political rally with signs, including one reading "For Congress Peter Woolley," depicting a scene from the play "For Congress" written by D. D. Lloyd; and a group of gypsy women surrounding a man, captioned "Fresh the American," and depicting a scene from the play by Archibald Clavering Gunter; with date information printed at top of image for a July 12, [1886], show at the Bush St. Theatre in San Francisco, California.

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The battle of Bunker's Hill

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Image of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 at the start of the American Revolutionary War; British and American soldiers clash in a battle scene with flags raised and men fighting with swords and rifles; dead and wounded men litter the ground; ships firing in Boston Harbor visible in background at right.

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Blue Jeans "will never wear out" by Joseph Arthur author of "The still alarm."

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