Image of an advertising poster for the melodrama "Blue Jeans" by Joseph Arthur with four "features" showcased in vignettes; "The Big Political Barbecue" scene at top center shows a large crowd of people toasting with raised cups outdoors with a band at left and a pair of women embracing at right; "Thrilling Sawmill Scene" in a saw mill showing an unconscious man on a moving conveyor belt about to be cut in half by a saw blade while the villain looks on and a woman breaks through an office door with a chair at left to rescue the man; "The Great Lynching Scene" in the sawmill with a women standing over the unconscious man while a crowd of men gathers to apprehend the villain; bottom center the "Rising Sun Roarers" musicians stand playing around a drum major with baton raised in one hand. Probable date based on general show history; the play was first staged in 1890 and was performed regularly through the 1890s; the copy held by the Photograph and Prints Division of the Library of Congress is dated as [1899]. "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co. / Cin. O."--text, center right of image. "The big 4 famous features of the play that has made all America talk"--text, center left of image. "The mighty thrilling theatrical triumph of 2 continents"--text, center right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 81.6 x 114.62 cm (32 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.)
Arthur, Joseph, 1848-1906 Bands (Music)--Pictorial works Comedies Melodramas Picnics--Pictorial works Rescues--Pictorial works Sawmills--Pictorial works Theatrical productions 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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