Search Constraints
« Previous |
11 - 20 of 119
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "The Return of Peter Grimm," at the Detroit Opera House, beginning May 1, 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, Absopure, Heyn's Bazaar, the King Wah Lo Chinese-American restaurant, Sanders', the Cunningham Auto Company, Stroh's, the J.H. Brady Auto Company, Hupp-Yeats electric cars, 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:
- Program for performance of "Ziegfeld Follies" at Detroit Opera House beginning December 4, 1911; front cover features color illustration of three young women in togas dancing while holding a large string of flowers; framed in Classical architecture; at top: "Detroit Opera House" "B.C. Whitney, Proprietor" "H.F. Parent, Manager"; advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain at bottom
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- 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
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "Way Down East," beginning October 29, 1900 at the Detroit Opera House. Information about this production, and numerous advertisements--including those for Stroh's, Sanders', Grinnell Brothers, the Russell House Restaurant and Cafe, and Newton Annis' selection of seal furs--are contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Legend of Leonora" and "The Ladies' Shakespeare" at the Detroit Opera House beginning November 2, 1914 both starring Maude Adams; 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
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- 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
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- 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
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Hamlet" at Detroit Opera House commencing March 15, 1882; program is black and white, features "Detroit Opera House" at top in large black lettering; "Joseph Brooks, Lesse & Manager" "C.A. Shaw, Acting Manager"; play stars Edwin Booth, brother of the infamous John Wilkes, as Hamlet
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The American Lord" starring William H. Crane beginning November 13, 1905 at the Detroit Opera House; program features cast of characters, scene synopses, and musical program as well as advertisements for various Detroit-based companies; front cover is in color and features an illustration of a Classically dressed woman on the left side and a man in Renaissance-era costume on the right; between the two people are the masks of tragedy and comedy; "B. C. Whitney, Manager"; front cover also features an advertisement for "The House of George - Furs."
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Our Boarding House" at the Detroit Opera House Jan 11-12, 1878; black and white program with rectangular decorative border; "Detroit Opera House" in decorative lettering at top of program; T.W. Davey, Lessee and Manager; Mr. Jay Rial, Manager
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Theatre/Theater
