Image of a man and two women on the banks of a lake shore with a young women in a dress and straw hat lying on the ground with her hand in the air, while a young man tries to stop her mother from hitting her with a stick; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "New Fogg's Ferry" written by Charles Callahan, presumably as an updated version of his 1882 play "Fogg's Ferry." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper advertisements that began appearing in 1900 for the "New Fogg's Ferry," such as "Mr. A. J. Delamater presents Amy Lee in Charles Callahan's comedy drama New Fogg's Ferry" ("Advertisement," Scranton Tribune, 3 September 1901). "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co / Cin. O."--text, bottom right. "'Don’t Kill Me, Mammy!'"--text, caption, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.44 x 53.98 cm (28 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Comedies Mothers & children--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Violence--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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