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Actor in Black Hawk Play

Date: 1857
Description: An actor in an Indian headdress and jewelry for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears and presented ...
Photograph

Actor as Army Officer

Date: 1857
Description: An actor dressed as an army officer, holding a saber, for the performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears ...
Photograph

Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
Photograph

Students Portray a Japanese Wedding

Date: 08 30 1893
Description: Local actors portray a Japanese wedding. The photographer's wife, Ada Bass, had a leading role in the production.
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
Poster

Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
Description: Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto...
Poster

Poster for "Shore Acres"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c...
Poster

Poster for "James J. Corbett, A Naval Cadet"

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James J. Corbett in His New Play A Naval Cadet" across top, Charles T. Vincent's name beneath title upper left and "Direction o...
Photograph

"The Mistletoe Bough"

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait of four men and four women, all in costume. One woman is dressed in a bridal gown. Caption reads: "'The Mistletoe Bough' 1885. Mary R. Brigh...

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