Image of a young female heroine hanging from a taut rope over a stormy ocean with a ship, birds, and lightning flashing in the distance; head-and-shoulder portraits of actor and boxer James J. Corbett and theatrical manager and director William A. Brady within an American shield at top left; the poster advertises the play "Old Glory" written by Charles T. Vincent. "Copyright 1894 by / The / Strobridge / Lith Co / Cincinnati - New York."--text, bottom right of image. "6032"--text, top right margin. "An American Girl's Deed of Heroism to Save / The U.S.S. Baltimore From Destruction."--text, caption, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 101.28 x 73.34 cm (39 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Brady, William A., 1863-1950--Portraits Corbett, James J., 1866-1933--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Heroines--Pictorial works Melodramas Ships--Pictorial works Storms--Pictorial works Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits 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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