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Title
A Rag Baby by Chas. H. Hoyt
Creator
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Fostell, Al, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of three head-and-shoulder portraits of female actors, including two wearing bonnets and one with small decorative fans in her hair, in circle ribbon frames surrounded by flowers; the poster advertises the comedy "A Rag Baby" written by Charles H. Hoyt.
Probable date approximated by cataloger; the play was first performed in 1884 (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XII, page 304). "The Three Innocents"--text, caption, lower left. "The Strobridge Lith. Co. / Cin N.Y. & Lon."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 67.31 x 45.4 cm (26 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000425
386239
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2582
Language
English
Subject
Actors--Portraits
Actresses--Pictorial works
Comedies
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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