Image of the interior of a dry goods store with stools at wooden counters with fabrics displayed on shelves behind and a man at center trapped in a wooden crate labeled "Consdale / Wamsulta & Co / B" that has just fallen on him from a trap door in the ceiling, with store clerks and customers looking on; with fragment of date sheet for a February 16 show pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedy "Drummer in Petticoats" Date based on show and printer histories; Thomas operated from 47 E. 12th in 1884 and 1885 and the play was first performed in 1885. "H.A. Thomas Lith Studio 47 E 12th. St. N.Y."--text, bottom left margin. "Opera House / [One] Night Only, / [?]day / Feb'y 16"--text, date sheet pasted at bottom center.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 66.68 x 82.07 cm (26 1/4 x 32 5/16 in.)
Dry-goods Stores, Retail--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works 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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