Image of a man, presumably American actor Louis Aldrich, standing on a cliff in the wilderness with mining tools on the ground, with his hand raised to another man across a ravine standing outside of a cabin, with mountains and a waterfall in the distance; the poster has printed date information for performances beginning on January 18, [1886], at the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the drama "My Partner" by Bartley Campbell. Probable date based on month and day in item text and general show history; "Brooklyn Theatre, 1885-1886 ... Echoes from a profitable past floated in with the revival ([January] 18th-23rd [1886]) of My Partner, with Louis Aldrich ... (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XIII, page 150) "Forbes Lith. Co. Boston & N.Y."--text, bottom left. "Brooklyn Theatre, / Week, Commencing Monday, / Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. / Jan. 18"--text, bottom margin centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.03 x 46.04 cm (28 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
Aldrich, Louis, 1843-1901--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Melodramas Miners--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Wilderness areas--Pictorial works Brooklyn Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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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