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Title
Major Bowes' Amateurs in person : Golden Rod Floating Theater
Creator
Eldredge Company, printer
Contributor
Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
"25 1/2 people / 10 acts / 2 hours fun / 1000 thrills / popular prices / reserved seats"--text printed in six white circles below main image. One of three posters, varying in size and placement of text. Colors on poster are yellow, purple and white. "Eldredge Company, Brooklyn, N.Y."--text, small type, lower right corner. "1936"--on verso, in ms., in pencil, upper left corner. Focus of item: Golden Rod.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 99.2 x 66.2 cm (39 1/16 x 26 1/16 in.) ; overall 104.5 x 71.5 cm (41 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJHK 00074
325578
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/12333
Subject
Bowes, Edward, Major, 1874-1946--Public relations
Showboats--Public relations
Showboats--20th century--Pictorial works
Showboats--History
Advertising--United States--Posters--20th century
Posters, American--20th century
Advertising--Theater
Amateur theater--United States--History--20th century
Posters
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection
Posters
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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