Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of the slave hunter character the Lawyer Marks holding a top hat and cane; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow. Probable date approximated by cataloger. "The D.L. Co. [?] [#851]"--text, bottom left margin. "Marks"--text, bottom right of image. "Children / 25¢ / This Date / Only / Admission 25¢ To All"--text, print fragments on verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 67.63 x 46.99 cm (26 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Theatrical productions Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (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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