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Title: Grover's Chestnut St. Theatre. Aladdin : or the wonderful lamp
Creator: Haehnlen, Jacob, 1824-, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
1860
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1869
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a gold oil lamp radiating rays of light; the poster advertises the production of the musical dramatic spectacle "Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp," based on the Middle Eastern folktale, at the Chestnut Street Theatre (or Chesnut Street Theatre) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, managed by Leonard Grover.
Probable date based on 1864 newspaper advertisements for the show at Grover's Philadelphia theater. "J. Haehnlen's Lith."--text, bottom right of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 27.31 x 33.66 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_001354
413504
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1814
Language: English
Subject: Lamps--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Small Size
Music and Theater
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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