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- Description:
- Front page of a theater program for H.C. Miner's Grand Theatre, listing the cast of a production of "The Galley Slave," scheduled for the week of February 10, 1890. The nameplate engraving is credited to Ed Liggett and includes a portrait of Miner. The program contains advertisements for George E. Gilman, passenger agent; Grey and Baffy, furniture dealers and manufacturers; the Erie Railway; Gie's restaurant; the J.V. Lisee and Company shoe store; William Perkins Jr. and Son grocers; George Moebs and Company cigars; the Voigt Brewery Company; C.G. Wynn and Company, photography; and Heyns' Bazaar.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for a series of performances of "Madam Butterfly," at the Detroit Opera House beginning April 8, 1907. The program is bound in a pink paper cover with an illustration of a woman in a kimono peering out a window toward a nest of birds, printed in a darker shade of pink and black. Information about the production is contained within. The inside of the back page includes a monochromatic photograph of a scene from the production.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Staple-bound program booklet for the "first American Tournée" of the Imperial Russian Ballet and Orchestra featuring Anna Povlowa, Mikail Mordkin, and Theodor Stier, containing photos of the dancers, costumes, and sets, as well as information about the group and the performance. The specifics about the local engagement--a matinee performance at the Lyceum Theatre on October 21st--are printed on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program handbill for a production of "A Lady of Quality," at the Detroit Opera House beginning October 3, 1898. The cast and scenes are listed below.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Travelling Salesman" at the Detroit Opera House, May 11-13, 1908; color printed cover, mostly blue, orange, and black; theatre imagery on each side; "Detroit Opera House Program" in center; B.C. Whitney, Manager; Below, add for Hotel Pontchartrain "Nothing Finer the World Over"; photo of Detroit skyline at top; advertisements throughout
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for Detroit Opera House performance of "The Girl From Paris;" Front cover features a color illustration of Detroit Opera House facade; illustration housed in a decorative gold setting of acanthus leaves sitting in front of a Corinthian column; "Detroit Opera House" in green, black, and gold lettering; C.J. Whitney, proprietor; program possibly from soon after re-opening in 1898
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Ink blotter card advertising a burlesque stage show adaptation of the comic strip "Mutt and Jeff" at the Gayety Theatre, opening Saturday, August 15; the card is printed in red and black against a white background; left half features a comic illustration of Jeff hurling a brick at Mutt, who is tied up; right half "Bud Fisher's Famous Cartoon Comedy Mutt and Jeff in Burlesque;" the card bears a 1924 copyright.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "More Than Queen" starring Julia Arthur at the Detroit Opera House beginning February 19, 1900; contains cast list, scene synopses, musical program, and house staff list; front cover is red, white, and black; features large crest with "Detroit Opera House" at center and two Classically dressed men on either side playing musical instruments
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "The Dollar Princess," at the Detroit Opera House, beginning April 24, 1911. A color illustration of a minstrel seated playing a lute against a pastoral backdrop with heads of a man and woman and the outline of a castle above, and an advertisement for the Hotel Pontchartrain below is on the cover. Information about the production, brief articles of theatre news, and numerous advertisements--including those for the Brush Motor Car Company, the B. Siegel Company, the Chalmers Motor Company, Henry the Hatter, the Anderson Electric Car Company, the Cunningham Auto Company, Stroh's, the J.H. Brady Auto Company, the King Wah Lo Chinese-American restaurant, Sanders', and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company--are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of a group of people dressed as circus performers promoting the film, "Her Elephant Man," posed in front of the exterior of the William Fox Washington Theatre, as taken from Washington Boulevard. The group consists of several clowns, musicians, and a pair of men in dark suits and hats. A pair of large signs promoting the film, flank the entrance, and a banner posted above reads, "William and Farnum Greatest Show on Earth, To Day, Main Entrance." A Spencer and Wyckoff Commercial Photographers stamp is on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
