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Title: The eminent comedian John A. Mackay with Rice’s surprise party
Creator: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1879
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a half-length portrait of comedian John A. MacKay; with a date sheet for an October 2, [1884], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Probable date based on month and day in date sheet; Edward E. Rice's Surprise Party performed at the Fulton Opera House on October 2, 1884. "Forbes Co. Boston & N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Fulton Opera House. / Rice's Surprise Party. / One Night Only, / Thursday Oct. 2"--text, date sheet.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 99.7 x 61.6 cm (39 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000211
386637
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2369
Language: English
Subject: Mackay, John A., -1891--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Comedians--Portraits
Rice's Surprise Party
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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