Image of two side-by-side panels showing a young woman on the porch of a log-cabin post office and saloon surrounded by frontiersmen and miners before and after being asked if she is married; the wall includes the signs "Post Offise," "Minen Implementze Fur Sail Hear" and "Howling Wilderness Salone" and there is a center decoration of a rifle and mining equipment including a gold pan, shovel, and pick; with date text information for shows on January 20-22, at the Academy of Music; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Danites, or, Heart of the Sierras" written by Arthur McKee Rankin and Joaquin Miller. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1878 by W.J. Morgan & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Wash"--text, bottom center margin. "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O"--text, bottom right margin. "AM Willard."--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left of "No Sir!" panel. "Academy of Music---Thurs., Fri & Sat., Jan. 20, 21 & 22"--text, bottom center margin. "Married Mum?"--text, bottom left margin. "No Sir!"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.2 x 71.44 cm (22 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Courtship--Pictorial works Frontier and pioneer life--Pictorial works Miners--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Academy of Music 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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