Image of a landscape view of Niagara Falls at night with silhouettes of people on a suspension bridge and a body falling into the river below; vignettes of four scenes consisting of a man tied to a chair; a man sitting on a park bench with a woman standing behind him; a police officer shining a light down upon two men, and a man comparing the time on a pocket watch to the time of a grandfather clock; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Fast Mail" written by Lincoln J. Carter. Probable date based on general show history and printer history; the play was copyrighted in 1889 and performed into the 1900s; the Chicago Bank Note Company operated from around 1888 until 1893. "The / Chicago / Bank / Note / Company [space] 305"--text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 66.04 x 96.52 cm (26 x 38 in.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Detectives--Pictorial works Police--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Waterfalls--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
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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