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- 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:
- Handbill promoting a complimentary concert held by the Detroit Orchestra Society at Schwankovsky's Music Hall on March 23, 1897, as dedicated to Professor Mark Keintz, late band leader of White's Grand Theatre, as a benefit to help replace "a stock of orchestra music" lost in the 1897 Detroit Opera House fire. The handbill is printed in black on beige paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Description:
- Large half-folded newspaper-format program for performances of "Myles Aroon" at the Lyceum Theatre for the week of February 16, 1896. The program's masthead features an engraving of a woman playing a lute within a heart-shaped frame that is supported by cherubs, credited to J.H. McKendrick, as well as a masthead listing Charles Widrig as the publisher, E.D. Stair as the manager, and "Brady and Stair" as the directors. The program features numerous advertisements, and was printed by the McClure Press.
- Date Issued:
- 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "A Virginia Courtship" starring William H. Crane at the Detroit Opera House beginning March 6, 1899; program also contains scene synopses and advertisements, including one for an upcoming performance of "Rosemary," starring Otis Skinner; 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
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Carmen" by the Sheehan English Opera Company on August 7, 1911 at the Detroit Opera House; program contains character/cast lists and scene synopses as well as advertisements and an article titled "Theatre Talk"; front cover features a color illustration of three Classically dressed young women holding on to a string of flowers with flower crowns atop their heads framed in an architectural motif; "B. C. Whitney, Proprietor"; front cover also features an advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Half-folded pamphlet advertising a recital by David and Clara Mannes at the Hotel Pontchartrain's convention hall on January 17, 1914 presented by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. The musicians are pictured on the cover, and information about the program and press reviews are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Booklet published by the Washington-Detroit Theatre Company promoting investment in the construction of the Washington Theatre on the northwest corner of Washington Boulevard and Clifford Street. The booklet describes the opportune circumstances present for the project, the modern planned amenities it will contain, and projected earnings for investors. An illustration of the planned theatre is on the cover. The booklet is printed on tan paper.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for Detroit Opera House performance of "Polly With a Past"; week of November 18, 1918; front cover: primarily green with white lettering and yellow behind; illustration near top framed by ionic columns holding an arch; illustration of a fountain with eight people around it, scenery and cityscape behind; "The Fountain of Youth" underneath; "Detroit Opera House" in white lettering near center; information about the production and advertisements are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for productions of "A Virginia Courtship," beginning March 6, 1899, and at the Detroit Opera House. A halftone photo of the theatre is on the covers surrounded by border consisting of smoke rising from burning braziers and musical instruments. Information about this production, articles about upcoming performances, and numerous advertisements - including those for the Russell House Restaurant and Cafe, the Union Trust Company, Rambler Bicycles, the Hotel Cadillac, Sanders', and Gies's - are containted within.
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
