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Poster for "The Tourists"
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Color Lithograph. In a caption box at top is the banner "Sam. S. & Lee Schubert (inc) Offer the Merry Musical Comedy" followed in larger block letters by "The Tourists." Below that in smaller type is the caption "North American Amusement Company, Proprietors. Direct From One Whole Year in New York." A man in tattered clothing and a tam pushes a young peasant woman in a wheelbarrow. The bottom caption reads "Oh! You'll Dump Me!"
1906
Strobridge Lithographic Company
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Poster for "The Tourists"
1906
Color lithograph. In a caption box at top is the banner "Sam. S. & Lee Schubert (inc) Offer the Merry Musical Comedy" followed in larger block letters by "The Tourists." Below that in smaller type ...
Poster for "My Hometown Girl"
1915
Color lithograph poster with portraits of John Hyams and Leila McIntyre with the caption "Perry J. Kelly offers John Hyams and Leila McIntyre." Bottom caption reads "In a comedy with music "My Home...
Poster for Miss Billie Burke in "Jerry"
1914
Color lithograph poster. The top banner reads "Charles Frohman presents." The image shows Burke in profile, underneath which runs the caption "Miss Billie Burke/In the new comedy/Jerry/By Catherine...
Poster for "Mr. Blarney from Ireland"
1906
Color lithograph poster on paper. Across the top is the caption "Chas. E. Blaney presents," flanked by smaller banners left and right. The left banner reads "The famous irish tenor" and the right "...
Poster for "Darkest Russia"
1895
Color lithograph poster showing a scene set at a musical recital in Imperial Russia. Top left inset with Imperial Russian crest and "by H. Grattan Donnelly" and "Sidney E. Rice, manager." Bottom ca...
Poster for "The War of Wealth"
1896
Color lithograph poster for "The War of Wealth." In the picture, a crowd of adults is surrounding a child, one man reaching to grab the girl's hand. At the bottom is the caption "The Child Is Mine....
