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- Description:
- Program for performance of "Penelope" starring Marie Tempest beginning March 21, 1910 at the Detroit Opera House; 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 underneath; advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain on front cover
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "Peer Gynt," at the Detroit Opera House beginning January 17, 1907. An illustration of a minstrel playing a lute on a bench while a jester stands over his shoulder is on the cover. Information on the production and numerous advertisements--including ones for Stroh's, Gies's, Siegel's, the Tuller Hotel, Grinnell Brothers, Annis Furs, Heyn's Bazaar, King Ying Lo Chinese Restaurant, the Wayne Hotel Roller Rink, and the Cadillac Motor Car Company--are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performances of "The Greenwich Village Follies" beginning October 17, 1920 at Shubert-Detroit Opera House; front cover features a color illustration of the Opera House Facade with a number of people standing out front and two automobiles parked in the street; within is information about the production as well as numerous advertisements.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "L'Aiglon," at the Detroit Opera House beginning March 21, 1901. The program also contains many advertisements including those for Theodore C. Mau, Newton Annis, the Russell House, Stroh's, Sanders', Gies's Restaurant and Cafe, P.N. Corsets, and the Monroe Improved Gold Cure for "alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, and tobacco habits."
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Handbill advertising a production of "C. H. Smith's Double Mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin" at Whitney's Grand Opera House, beginning April 24; front features a lithograph of Eliza and Harry's escape across the ice; information about the production is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1876-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the exterior of the La Salle Garden Theatre as taken from across 14th Street. The films, "High and Dizzy," and "Guilty of Love," as well as a performance by vaudeville duo Count Perrone and Trix Oliver entitled "Song Symphony," are advertised on the marquee. A sign hung from the roof of the theater also advertises the availability of chop suey. A haberdasher is located in the storefront to the left of the theater, and several signs which read, "Kobe," are posted in the window of the storefront to the right.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Black and white photo of the exterior of the Theatre Comique as taken from a slightly elevated position across Broadway Street, facing southwest. A crowd is gathered in the street in front of the theater around an ornate carriage driven by a man wearing a high peaked hat, and carrying a pair of passengers in dress jackets and turbans, as part of a circus parade. A sign on the top of the carriage reads, "India." A Model T is parked in the foreground. Signs on the facade of the Theatre Comique declare, "Best show in town for the money," "Stay as long as you like," and "High class continuous performance." The Kaiserhof is visible on the left side of the theatre. Signs are posted on the building to the right, on the corner of Broadway and Gratiot Avenue for the Fisher Kline Company, photographers; Union Cut Rate Dentists; John Verbist, cigars, tobacco, candy and fruit; and the Gothic bar. Along the north side of Gratiot, Lou H. Weitz, clothier; and the Library Tea Store are visible. "28," is handwritten at the upper right corner of the recto and "1909," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Black and white photo enlargement of a photo of the Grand Circus Theatre on the west side of Woodward Avenue north of Elizabeth Street, as taken from the east side of Woodward, facing west. Signs are posted around the entrance advertising the film "Old Dutch," and Keystone Cops shorts. The Bud Barker cafe is to left of the theater, and the Park Theatre is to the right. The photo is vignetted on its top edge. "1915," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the exterior of the William Fox Washington Theatre, as taken from Washington Boulevard. Posters and lobby cards promoting the film, "The Town that Forgot God," are posted around the entrance. A phonograph's horn speaker and several books are displayed in the store window to the left of the theater. "1314-13," is printed in the lower right corner. A Commercial Photo Service Company stamp is on the verso. The photo is mounted on linen, with a flap on the left edge for binding it into a photo album.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for Detroit Opera House performance of "Seven Days' Leave"; Week of Feb. 16, 1919; front cover: black and white illustration of Detroit Opera House entrance with automobiles and patrons outside; "Detroit Opera House (On the Campus)" in white lettering above
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
