Image of a scene in a saw mill showing an unconscious man on a moving conveyor belt about to be cut in half by a saw blade while the villain looks on and a woman breaks through an office door with a chair at left to rescue the man; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blue Jeans" by Joseph Arthur. Probable date based on general show history; the play was first staged in 1890 and was performed regularly through the 1890s; the copy held by the Photograph and Prints Division of the Library of Congress is dated as [1899]. "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co. / Cin. O."--text, bottom right. "The Great Saw Mill Scene"--text, bottom centered of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 107.63 cm (28 x 42 3/8 in.)
Arthur, Joseph, 1848-1906 Comedies Melodramas Rescues--Pictorial works Sawmills--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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