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Poster for "He Fell in Love with His Wife"
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Color lithograph poster on paper. The large poster shows two scenes of family life, top and bottom. At the top several people watch an elderly man step off a garlanded porch into a garden. The bottom image shows a minister in the act of marrying a couple, with two men holding hats off to each side. In between the images is a caption that reads "E. P. Rowe's beautiful story," with "He Fell in Love with His Wife" in larger letters to the right. Under the title is "Made into a play by Edith Ellis."
1910
Strobridge Lithographic Company
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WHi 89859
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