Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of actor De Wolf Hopper standing with arms folded in formal dress; with date sheet for a March 2, [1882], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises Hopper in the Mormon-focused melodrama "100 Wives" written by Gil Pierce and James B. Runnion. Date based on day and month in date sheet and general history of play; "100 Wives" was first performed in 1880. "Kurz & Allison Litho. Chicago."--text, bottom margin center, obscured by date sheet. "Fulton Opera House! / Thursday Mar. 2"--text, date sheet pasted at bottom center of poster.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 71.12 x 48.26 cm (28 x 19 in.)
Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935--Portraits Actors--Portraits Melodramas Theatrical productions Fulton Opera House Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Lancaster (Pa.)
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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