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- Souvenir program for performance of "The Ivy Leaf" at the Detroit Opera House, May 8, 1886; front cover: color illustration of a home in a landscape with sun setting/rising behind it framed by an iced over ivy leaf attached to a branch; braided red string serves as binding; back cover has a similar color illustration of a town; interior contains performance details and production credits
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Jolly Bachelors" starring Stella Mayhew at the Garrick Theatre beginning October 10, 1910; program features production information, cast of characters, scene synopses, and musical program as well as advertisements; front cover is in color and features an illustration of a woman in a white dressing sitting cross-legged on a cushioned seat playing a lyre above an advertisement for the Hotel Pontchartrain.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "The Ameer," at the Detroit Opera House beginning March 18, 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." "Monday Eve. 3-18-'01. Mr. P." is handwritten along the top of the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Great Lakes Revue," presented by the Navy Relief Society, beginning December 29, 1918 at the Detroit Opera House; front cover features black and white illustration of a US Navy Sailor with rifle and fixed bayonet as well as a woman holding a baby in bed reading a letter; US Navy emblem in center with red, white, and blue stripes running behind; at bottom "Detroit Opera House on the Campus."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Half-folded newsprint directory and program sheet for the New Wonderland Musee, Museum, Menagerie, and Art Gallery for the week commencing Monday, May 23, 1898. The front page carries an ornate engraved nameplate, listing J.H. Moore as the proprietor and Charles G. Williams as the general manger. The house directory runs along the central column of the recto. An art department containing "the only complete set of the Famous Rogers' Statuettes in America" is located on the first floor. The second floor contains the lecture hall, Bijou Theatre, and Eden Mussee; below a group of titles are listed. The Cyclorama, theatre entrance, and the Ladies' Parlor are listed as being on the third floor. The menagerie is located on the fourth floor, and the animals contained within are listed, ranging from rats to a lion. The central column on the second page lists the attractions in the complex's Curio Hall--the Haunted Swing, the Detroit Phonograph Parlor, Charles Swain and his wonderful performing geese, and the Cumberland Clock. "Professor Carr's Performing and Wrestling Bears are billed below as appearing in the Bijou Theatre. The third page contains the list of acts scheduled to appear in the complex's theatre, including contortionists Johnson and McKay; singer and impressionist A.C. Lawrence; the Brownie Trick Bicyclist Eddie Pinaud; and the World's Trio, Perry Ryan, Lulu Ryan and Emma Wood. The third page also lists a series of mutoscope films from American Biograph, predominately dealing with the Spanish-American War, which are available for viewing. The back cover advertises the Wonderland Theatre's new location for next season, on the corner of Campus Martius and Monroe Avenue. A half-page lithograph of the new location is included. The majority of the four pages are devoted to advertisements. "1898," and "6/29/31 Edward Hill," are handwritten at the top of the cover in pencil.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Half folded newsprint program for a production of "Kit the Arkansas Traveler" at White's Grand Theatre May 11-13, 1885; program is predominately advertisements, with a column of information on the play within
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Becky Sharp" starring "Mrs. Fiske" beginning September 26, 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 bard 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 performance by Madame Liza Lehmann at the Garrick Theatre, as part of the Burton Collver Sunday Afternoon Series by Distinguished Artists, on January 16, 1910. A half tone photo of Lehmann, along with a list of the musicians accompanying her are on the cover. The lyrics to each selection are printed within.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville show at the Miles Theatre, running the week of May 15, 1910. The Miles Theatre Orchestra, the Satanella Trio, Joseph and Louise Swickard, the Golden Gate Quintette, Dick Thompson and Company, Leonard and Ward, the Four Bards, and Milescope motion pictures are billed. Numerous advertisements, and several items on upcoming acts are also contained within. An illustration of a jester and a harlequin seated flanking an advertisement for the Huntington Studio is on the cover. A color illustration of a seated woman playing a horn and tambourine beside a censer against a green background, as well as an advertisement for Weil and Company, Home Furnishers, are on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville show at the Temple Theatre during the week of April 9, 1906. The Great Petching Brothers; Duke Johnson and Mac Wells; the Columbians; Salerno, "the Modern Juggler;" Louise Gunning; Barney Fagan and Henrietta Byron; "James J. Morton, "A Fellow of Infinite Jest;" "European Female Bicycle Act," the Six Proveanies; and the Kinetograph are billed. Numerous advertisements are contained within. An illustration of a jester and a harlequin seated flanking an advertisement for the Huntington Studio is on the cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
