Image of an advertisement for the Klondike Nugget by S. F. Cody; Cody plays the role of George Exelby; Lela Cody, his (common law) second wife, plays the part of Rosie; and her son, Edward LeRoy, plays Joe Smith; Cody pictured at center surrounded by an angry mob of frontiersmen and prospectors wielding guns; Lela and and a Native American Indian on horseback appear at left. Date supplied by cataloger based on day/date and performer history; Samuel Franklin Cody's show The Klondyke Nugget became very popular in 1898. "David Allen & Sons Belfast..."--text, bottom right of image. "Theatre Royal Gloucester Monday Dec. 12 for 6 nights only. The Klondyke Nugget."--text, top right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.8 x 76.2 cm (20 x 30 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Advertising--Theater Cowboys--Pictorial works Frontier and pioneer life--Pictorial works Gold miners--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Performing Arts: Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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