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Title: Van Osten and Day Concert Co. : Thos. D. Van Osten
Creator: Shober & Carqueville, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1885
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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 a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of musician Thomas Van Osten wearing formal dress in a circular frame surrounded by flowers with an image of a double euphonium (a musical instrument similar to a tuba).
Probable date based on general show history; newspaper advertisements featured Van Osten with the Van Osten & Day Concern Company, under the management of Charles Day in December 1890 (“Van Osten & Day Grand Concert Co. Charles E. Day, Manager … Miss Inez Mecusker … Miss Laura B. Phelps … Mr. Thomas D. Van Osten … Donald Franck …" [Advertisement in the Clinton Courier, 4 December 1890, page 1]). "Shober & / Carqueville / Chicago / 1215"--text, bottom left. "Chas. E. Day / Manager"--text, upper left. "Mr. Thos D. Van Osten's / Double Euphonium Solo / was a genuine treat. / It was one of the best rendered musical selections / ever heard in this city." (Chicago
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 71.76 x 53.66 cm (28 1/4 x 21 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000361
387082
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2518
Language: English
Subject: Van Osten, Thomas D.--Portraits
Concerts
Euphonium--Pictorial works
Musical instruments--Pictorial works
Musicians--Portraits
Theatrical productions
Van Osten and Day Concert Company
Lithographs--1875-1900. (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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000358 ; priJLC_ENT_000359 ; priJLC_ENT_000360

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