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Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

Description: Image of an advertisement for a a poster exhibit at the Mechanics Fair 19th Exhibition in 1895; female artist holding a paint palette with an angel holding a torch above her at right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1895
Call number: priJLC_ART_003052
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Rooms for rent : Mrs. Cutter : "who will paint your picture."

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman holding a paintbrush and an artist's paint palette; with fragment of date sheet for an "Opera House" pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Rooms for Rent" written by Edward Holst and Herman Lee Ensign.

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Of the Michigan Central R.R. : between Chicago, Buffalo and Niagara Falls

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Image of a fragment of a poster advertising the Michigan Central Railroad with an image of a bearded king holding a fork and knife at a dining table with a black angel holding a plate hovering over his shoulder; verso contains a fragment of a print head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Maggie Mitchell; images pasted to a leaf of an account-book for the Toledo Wabash & Western Railway Company.

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Hoyt’s a midnight bell: laughter every minute

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Image of a classroom scene with a young woman holding a young man by his ear in the center of a schoolroom before an older man, with a female teacher sitting at a desk, other students, and a seated couple looking on; the poster advertises the comic melodrama "A Midnight Bell" by Charles H. Hoyt.

priJLC_ENT_000203

Poster tableaux Saturday March 19th Academy of Fine Arts

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Image of an advertisement for a Poster Tableaux put on by the Plastic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; woman wearing a low-cut gown and mask kicks up her heels with a harlequin clown; posters on display in background.

priJLC_ART_003171

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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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Fullerton Lions Clubs community fair

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Image of a nighttime carnival scene with people enjoying fair rides and a fun house; spotlights shine up into the night sky in the background; the poster advertises the Fullerton Community Fair in Fullerton, California.

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Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

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