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 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.

 

Theatre & Amusements

Theatre & Amusements

 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.

 

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3729070] The Program of “1776” presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University...

The Program of “1776” presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University [opening lines of 1926 broadside].

Theatre broadside presenting the program for 1776. Presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University, at the Academy of Music in the town of..... Read More about The Program of “1776” presented by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University [opening...

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3728988] Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever...

Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever Trained… [opening lines of one of three broadsides plus a circular letter from Mahan Brothers’ Trained Animals]

Three broadsides issued by Mahan Brothers’ Trained Animals of Charlton, Massachusetts for three separate performances of trained animals at the 1897 Vermont and New Hampshire..... Read More about Be Sure and See! Mahan’s Performing Patagonian Dogs, Only Dogs of this Kind Ever Trained…...

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3728735] The Eastern Girls [cover title]. The Eastern-Empire Lyceum Bureau

The Eastern Girls [cover title].

The all-woman trio The Eastern Girls was comprised of a banjoist, a mandolin player, and a soprano singer. All the women sang. Here they are..... Read More about The Eastern Girls [cover title

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3728734] Songs and Stories of the Red Man. The Eastern Lyceum Bureau, Albert Gale, Martha Gale

Songs and Stories of the Red Man.

A white couple on the speaking and Chautauqua circuits, Albert and Martha Gale, billing themselves as remarkable musicians dress up as native Americans and perform..... Read More about Songs and Stories of the Red Man

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3728750] The Misses Mary & Rosina Shaw of Philadelphia, will give a Grand Vocal Concert [opening...

The Misses Mary & Rosina Shaw of Philadelphia, will give a Grand Vocal Concert [opening lines of broadside].

Handsome concert announcement broadside for the popular Shaw Sisters of Philadelphia. The broadside as two blank spaces for location and date to be handwritten. The..... Read More about The Misses Mary & Rosina Shaw of Philadelphia, will give a Grand Vocal Concert [opening lines...

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3728593] The Negro in the American Theatre. Edith J. R. Isaacs

The Negro in the American Theatre.

A celebration of the achievements of the African American actor on the American theatre stage, pre-1890 to 1945. Illustrated with wonderful photographs. New York: Theatre..... Read More about The Negro in the American Theatre

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3726311] Le Pays de L’Or. Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 3 actes et 14 tableaux. “Le...

Le Pays de L’Or. Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 3 actes et 14 tableaux.

C.1892 French chromolithographic poster for Le Pays de l’Or [The Golden or Promised Land], a comic operetta and spectacle set in America including the Western..... Read More about Le Pays de L’Or. Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 3 actes et 14 tableaux

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3727798] [Massachusetts Photography:] Souvenir of the Coaching Parade, Greenfield 1897. Dunklee,...

[Massachusetts Photography:] Souvenir of the Coaching Parade, Greenfield 1897.

Rare photographic souvenir album with 35 mounted albumen photographs documenting a coaching parade and fair held in Greenfield, Massachusetts, the county seat of Franklin County..... Read More about Massachusetts Photography:] Souvenir of the Coaching Parade, Greenfield 1897

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3727749] Program Valencia Skandinaviens fornereste Varieté. og Danse-Palads. Valencia, Dance...

Program Valencia Skandinaviens fornereste Varieté. og Danse-Palads.

With a phenomenal trick dancer, a July 1931 program for Copenhagen, Denmark’s “Valencia” dance hall with half tone illustrations of the dancing and other vaudeville-style..... Read More about Program Valencia Skandinaviens fornereste Varieté. og Danse-Palads

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3727733] [M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”. Philip K. Bates, G. Elbern...

[M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”

Theater program for West is East, a two-act musical comedy produced in 1927 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and featuring an all-male cast including..... Read More about M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”

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3726346] History of the Hanus Family’s Association with the Theater and Show Business...

History of the Hanus Family’s Association with the Theater and Show Business 1878–1961 [cover title].

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...

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3725830] [Four c.1910s Autograph Letters Signed from Edward Haas Robins, American Stage and Film...

[Four c.1910s Autograph Letters Signed from Edward Haas Robins, American Stage and Film Actor, Canadian Film Producer, and Leader of The Robins Players Theater Company].

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,...

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3725651] Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ......

Robert Benchley [and] The Marvelous Child [within:] Harvard Club of Boston ... 1912 ... Programme ...

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

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3725548] Germania-Theater. 528–532 Nord Dritte Strasse…Donnerstag den 17. Sept….Eine...

Germania-Theater. 528–532 Nord Dritte Strasse…Donnerstag den 17. Sept….Eine Leichte Person…

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…

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3725454] Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization...

Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled Grizzly Adams [caption title of illustrated theatrical advertisement].

A rare four-page circular for Grizzly Adams, a western frontier-themed play: “No Shooting or Yelling Indians, But a Truthfully Depicted Idyl of American Life on..... Read More about Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled...

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3725199] W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev’g, April 9, ‘87 to be Held at Massasoit...

W. C. T. U. Entertainment on Saturday Ev’g, April 9, ‘87 to be Held at Massasoit Hall, Strasburg… [opening lines of broadsheet].

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,...

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3724812] The Government of the Edwin Forrest Home, Comprising the List of Officers, Will Of Edwin...

The Government of the Edwin Forrest Home, Comprising the List of Officers, Will Of Edwin Forrest, Act of Incorporation, By-Laws of the Board, and Application for Admission.

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,...

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146245] Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre....

Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre. January 19th, 1892.

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...

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146002] 1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related...

1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72 items.

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...

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145871] Sidewalks! Court Week Amusements! ...The Schuyler Dramatic Association ...The Idiot...

Sidewalks! Court Week Amusements! ...The Schuyler Dramatic Association ...The Idiot Witness…March 21, 1876… [opening lines of broadside].

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...

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