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Title: Shadows of a great city. : Act II
Creator: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1879
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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 two men in prisoner uniforms, with one carrying a child as he scales down a pole on the side of a house's porch while the other man stands on the ground and reaches up, with a date stamp for performances beginning on January 19, [1885], at the Boston Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts; the poster advertises the melodrama "Shadows of a Great City" by L. R. Shewell.
Probable date based on general show history and month and day of item text; the play was first performed in 1884. "Forbes Co. Boston & N.Y."--text, bottom right. "Boston Theatre, One Week / Commencing / Monday, Jan. 19 / Matinee / Saturday."--text, bottom margin centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 96.52 x 65.41 cm (38 x 25 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000248
386977
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2404
Language: English
Subject: Actors--Pictorial works
Children--Pictorial works
Escaped prisoners--Pictorial works
Melodramas
Prisoners--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Boston Theatre
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place: Boston (Mass.)
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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