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A powerful play of New York life : the girl he couldn't buy : by Sumner Nichols

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Title: A powerful play of New York life : the girl he couldn't buy : by Sumner Nichols
Creator: Otis Lithograph Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
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 couple opening a bedroom door while the man, in a bowler hat, holds a gun and the woman holds his hand; this poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Girl He Couldn't Buy" written by Sumner Nichols.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1914. "The / Otis / Lithograph Co. / Cleveland O. / 38499"--text, bottom right. "'Come out, or I will fire.'"--text, caption, bottom centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 53.34 cm (28 x 21 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000340
386760
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2485
Language: English
Subject: Actors--Pictorial works
Actresses--Pictorial works
Couples--Pictorial works
Crime--Pictorial works
Melodramas
Theatrical productions
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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