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Title: Mr. Joe Sullivan, comedian
Creator: Hyde, James G., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1878
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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 head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Joe Sullivan in formal dress, with a twig and flower border; date sheet for a November 3, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted below image.
Probable date based on month and day in date sheet and printer history; James G. Hyde worked as a lithographer from 1882 until 1885 (Last, The Color Explosion, page 197). A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, newspaper advertised the Sullivan in the comedy "Maloney's Raffle" at the Fulton Opera House on November 3, 1883. (Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, 2 November 1883, page 3). "J.G. Hyde, Ltho. / No. 12 Frankfort St. N.Y."--text, lower right. "Opera House / One Night Only, / Saturday, Nov. 3"--text, date sheet at bottom.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 79.69 x 53.98 cm (31 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000331
387055
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2489
Language: English
Subject: Sullivan, Joe--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Comedians--Portraits
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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