Poster
Poster for "Uncle Josh Spruceby"
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| Color lithograph poster. Top banner "Uncle Josh Spruceby" with insert left containing picture of Uncle Josh. The image depicts a scene from the play with a man wounded on the floor of the sawmill and a damsel in distress tied to a log enroute to a whirling blade while a black-clad moustached man looks on with pistol smoking at his side. At the bottom of the poster is the caption "The Exciting Saw-Mill Scene." |
| Image ID: | 89939 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1890 |
| Creator Name: | National Printing and Engraving Company |
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| Collection Name: | WCFTR Posters |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | 5.x.0011 |
| Original Dimensions: | 105 cm by 72 cm |
| This "rube show" starred Merle Evans as the rural philosopher Uncle Josh, and seems not to have been performed on Broadway. One newspaper article opined that, by 1905, American "was overrun with rube shows." |
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| Theaters |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Sawmills |
| Men |
| Mustaches |
| Women |
| 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 |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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