Image of a female performer standing at center in a short white dress and a hat with fur trim, with a row of showgirls in similar white costumes in the background behind her; the poster advertises a show produced by Henrique Vivian Messetti. Probable date and printer's job number supplied by cataloger based on information provided for same image in the "Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture : a multi-media Archive" website produced by the University of Virginia: http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/onstage/messettigallf.html "The D.L. Co. Newport, K.Y. # [5138]"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 107.32 x 71.44 cm (42 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.)
Actresses--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Musical entertainments Theatrical productions Vaudeville Messett's Musical Entertainers Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (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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