Image of a girl, presumably Katie Rooney, in a short formal dress standing next to a man, presumably comedian Pat Rooney, in a suit holding a cane on a path outdoors surrounded by trees and shrubs with a house, lake, and mountains in the background; with date sheet for a January 25, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises a comedy routine between Pat Rooney and his daughter Katie Rooney. Date supplied by cataloger based on month and day in date sheet and general history of performers; a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, newspaper advertised Pat Rooney's New York Star Combination with "the pocket edition in imitation of the great and only Pat Rooney, Miss Katie Rooney" at the Fulton Opera House on January 25, 1883 (Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, 24 January 1883, page 3). "A. Windisch, Lith. Hyde & Behman's Theatre, Br'kl'n, N.Y."--text, bottom left margin. "Opera House / Thurs. Jan. 25."--text, date sheet attached at bottom of poster.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 85.41 x 61.28 cm (33 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Rooney, Pat, 1844-1892--Portraits Rooney, Katie, -1950--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Comedians--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Fulton Opera House Hyde & Behman's Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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