Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Playscripts, Prompt Books, Minstrels and Minstrelsy, Broadway, Burlesque, Pantomime, Opera, Ballet, Dance, Musical Theater, Circus, Carnivals, Wax Museums, Magic Shows, Wild West Shows, Rodeos, Parades, Amusement Parks and Popular Amusements, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Playscripts, Prompt Books, Minstrels and Minstrelsy, Broadway, Burlesque, Pantomime, Opera, Ballet, Dance, Musical Theater, Circus, Carnivals, Wax Museums, Magic Shows, Wild West Shows, Rodeos, Parades, Amusement Parks and Popular Amusements, Etc.
![Female Dwarves] Presented by “Princess Susanna” as a Souvenir to the Lady and Children...](/pictures/thumb/3726609_1.jpg?v=1534362424)
Listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-lived dwarf on record, Susanna Bokoyni (1879–1984) was a Hungarian centenarian and circus performer. Princess Susannah toured with..... Read More about Female Dwarves] Presented by “Princess Susanna” as a Souvenir to the Lady and Children...
History of the Hanus theater operation and show business family of Antigo, Wisconsin. The history was compiled c.1979 by Edmund Hanus from contemporary newspaper, magazine..... Read More about History of the Hanus Family’s Association with the Theater and Show Business 1878–1961 [cover...
Edward Haas Robins, Actor In 1880, American stage and film actor Edward Haas Robins was born as Edward Haas in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Around 1909, after..... Read More about Four c.1910s Autograph Letters Signed from Edward Haas Robins, American Stage and Film Actor,...
![Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ......](/pictures/thumb/3725651_1.jpg?v=1534362314)
Robert Charles Benchley (1889–1989) honed and developed his skills as a humorist and actor while at Harvard (Class of 1912). Benchley was an active, and..... Read More about Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ... Programme
![Fannie Burke Character Dancer [printed title]. Fannie Burke](/pictures/thumb/3725608_1.jpg?v=1642471486)
She is the picture of late Victorian America. She wears a fancy dress with rosettes, puffy sleeves and broad shoulders. Leaning against a carved chair..... Read More about Fannie Burke Character Dancer [printed title
The Germania Theater in Philadelphia was founded in 1877 by Gottlob Hammer and Heinrich Oberkirsch. The theater served a thriving German-speaking community until 1895 — a remarkable..... Read More about Germania-Theater. 528–532 Nord Dritte Strasse…Donnerstag den 17. Sept….Eine Leichte Person…
Illustrated, four-page advertisement for Grizzly Adams, a western frontier-themed play: “No Shooting or Yelling Indians, But a Truthfully Depicted Idyl of American Life on the..... Read More about Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled...
There is an old saying that you’ll catch more flies with teaspoon of honey than with a barrel of vinegar. But, what if you are..... Read More about W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev’g, April 9, ‘87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall,...
![Eleven Beery Western Show Exhibition Real Photo Post Cards]. Jesse Beery, Beery Exhibitions](/pictures/thumb/3725147_1.jpg?v=1602709047)
The Wild West has come to Dayton, Ohio! Trick riding, bull dogging, death dragging, buffalos, and trained horses. Professor Jesse Beery and his Beery Exhibitions..... Read More about Eleven Beery Western Show Exhibition Real Photo Post Cards
Unrecorded 1902 sewn pamphlet describing the function and purpose of the Edwin Forrest Home in Philadelphia located at 4849 Parkside avenue. The Home was established..... Read More about The Government of the Edwin Forrest Home, Comprising the List of Officers, Will Of Edwin Forrest,...
Illustrated programme at the New York City Broadway Theatre 1892, an early artifact of the still-extant Actors’ Fund Benefit. The evening’s performance is thoroughly detailed..... Read More about Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre. January...
Classical music and opera concerts and popular musical and singing performances were favorite leisure pursuits in Belle Époque Germany and Austria. These 61 almost all..... Read More about 1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72...
Dating from the first decade of Nebraska statehood, this unrecorded 1876 theatrical broadside from Schuyler, Colfax County engages the reader right from the start: Sidewalks!..... Read More about Sidewalks! Court Week Amusements! ...The Schuyler Dramatic Association ...The Idiot...
