Poster for "The Factory Girl" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society

Poster

Poster for "The Factory Girl"

Poster for "The Factory Girl" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society
Color lithograph poster. "The Factory Girl" in red banner across top. “A Great Labor Play” under title top right. Scene depicting a well-dressed woman wheeling an unconscious man on a factory cutting machine as a working woman breaks down a nearby window with a chair and other factory workers rush into the room. Caption at bottom reads ”Your Sweetheart Will Be Crushed to Death!”

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DESCRIPTION
Color lithograph poster. "The Factory Girl" in red banner across top. “A Great Labor Play” under title top right. Scene depicting a well-dressed woman wheeling an unconscious man on a factory cutting machine as a working woman breaks down a nearby window with a chair and other factory workers rush into the room. Caption at bottom reads ”Your Sweetheart Will Be Crushed to Death!”
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:89878
Creation Date: 1903
Creator Name:Strobridge Lithographic Company
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Collection Name:WCFTR Posters
Genre:Poster
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:2.0.0001
Original Dimensions:46 cm by 33 cm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Perhaps a remount of the nineteenth-century melodrama, but no theatrical producers or locations are included in the poster. More likely this is the play Blaney is credited with, produced in 1903 which included the scene depicted here with the hero being saved from the triphammer.
SUBJECTS
Factories
Posters
Theaters
RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
This image is issued by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. For further information, contact WCFTR. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Center. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied for resale or distribution as a photoprint, used as agency stock, or used in any other enterprise. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Reference Details
Location:Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin

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