Image of two firefighters chopping their way with axes into a burning building, with fragments of a date sheet for an April 27-28, [1891], show at the Lawrence Opera House pasted above and below image; the poster advertises the melodrama "One of the Bravest" written by E. E. Price and starring actor Charles McCarthy. Title of local copy torn and probable full title supplied by cataloger; probable date based on month and day on date sheet and printer's history; the Springer Litho. Company operated from around 1889 until 1895. "The / Springer / Litho. Co. / N.Y."--text, lower left. "[Lawrence Opera House ... Monday & Tuesday ... April 27-28]"--text, fragments of date sheet. Alternate title supplied by cataloger.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 109.22 x 71.76 cm (43 x 28 1/4 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Melodramas Rescues--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lawrence Opera House Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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