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Chesnut St. Theatre (Chestnut Street Theatre)

Description

Printer: Scott's Printing Office

With woodcut image of a minstrel performer in blackface costume holding a bag labeled "Bruder Bones" for Horn Wells & Briggs' Ethiopian Serenaders

Type

Date

12 May 1851

Call number

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Creator

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

Fostell, Al, (1858-1920,)

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