Image of a group of eight young women in matching costumes playing drums tied with pink ribbons; the poster advertises the musical comedy "Hans and Nix" written by Harry F. Matthews. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper advertisements for the play; the show was first performed around 1905 and the slogan from the poster also appears in a 1912 newspaper advertisement: "Hans & Nix The Positive Limit of Polite Comedy -- You Laugh Every Minute." (Advertisement, The State [Columbia, South Carolina], 15 December 1912, page 30). "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co. / Cin., O."--text, bottom right of image. "Management / of / Walters / and / Mathews"--text, upper right of image. "The Drummer Girls"--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 108.27 cm (30 1/4 x 42 5/8 in.)
Actresses--Pictorial works Bands (Music)--Pictorial works Chorus girls--Pictorial works Comedies Drummers (Musicians)--Pictorial works Musical instruments--Pictorial works Musical revues and comedies Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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