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- Description:
- Program for performance of "A Gentleman from Mississippi" at the Detroit Opera House beginning March 14, 1910; contains character list, scene synopses, and musical program as well as advertisements; front cover features a color illustration of a road through a wooded area with a castle at top flanked by a man and woman in royal clothing and a jester playing a lute underneath; advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain on front cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Richard Mansfield at the Detroit Opera House beginning January 26, 1899; 12 pages; program also contains scene synopses and advertisements; an upcoming performance of "The Meddler," starring Stuart Robson is on the back cover; front cover features a black and white illustration of the facade of the Detroit Opera House; "C. J. Whitney, Proprietor"
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Everywoman" at the Detroit Opera House beginning December 7, 1914; front cover features color illustration of the Detroit Opera House's facade with people and cars out front; "B. C. Whitney, Proprietor"; program contains basic production information as well as cast lists, scene synopses, and musical program
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Postcard. Color postcard entitled "The Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich." The elevated view looks northward along Woodward Avenue with the Old City Hall and Majestic Building on the left side of the image and Campus Martius and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to the right. Pedestrians, streetcars, and several horse-drawn carriages are also visible. The Detroit Opera House and Wonderland Vaudeville can be seen in the right background. Handwritten text in the upper right corner shows "6/15/6 - Spent the day here and have been all over the place and Belle Isle Park. It all suits me so will go and leave it. Start again tonight 6:10. B." The date of the postcard is based upon the postmark date.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Peter Pan" starring Maude Adams at the Detroit Opera House beginning January 13, 1913; program features cast list, house staff list, scene synopses, and musical program as well as advertisements; front cover is in color; "Detroit Opera House" in white at top flanked by comedy and tragedy masks; features advertisement for 1913 Oakland Motor Car with an illustration of the vehicle in front of the Casino on Belle Isle
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- J.L. Hudson trade card printed with an image of two women riding in a canoe beneath a canopy, rowed by a man in a blue cap. "Easter Souvenir, 1882, Presented by J.L. Hudson, Clothier, Detroit Opera House Building" is stamped in the upper left corner. "Bestein's Oil Chromo [...]" is printed along the bottom right corner of the card.
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A six-panel brochure advertising a performance of "the Passing Show of 1919" to be performed at the Shubert-Detroit Opera House beginning October 10, 1919. The cover features an illustration of woman in a blue dress and hat dancing against a red background. An colorized photo of several women in costume is included the recto, while illustrations of twelve women in varying costume are on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- This cyan halftone picture was cut from a page and shows a view of the front of the new Detroit Opera House which was built in 1898.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program booklet for productions of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and "The Comedy of Errors," beginning March 19, 1908, and at the Detroit Opera House. An illustration of a man in historical costume leaning beside an oil lamp beneath a banner that incorporates the masks of comedy and tragedy is on the cover beside an advertisement for Theodore C. Mau furs. Information on the production and numerous advertisements--including ones for Famabella Cigars, Siegel's, Grinnell Brothers, the Hotel Tuller, the Anderson Carriage Company's Detroit Electric cars, the Goebel Brewing Company, Stroh's, the Cadillac Motor Car Company, and the Chinese restaurants King Ying Lo and Tom Sun Lo--are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Union Spy" or "The Battle of Shiloh" at the Detroit Opera House from April 15-17, 1872; performed as a benefit to the Detroit Light Guard; first page contains basic production information as well as admission prices; subsequent pages contain act summaries and cast list as well as a variety of advertisements
- Date Issued:
- 1872-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
