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- Description:
- Program for performance of "Old Jed Prouty of Bucksport, Maine" at Lyceum Theatre commencing Dec. 16, 1892; front cover is black and red ink on white background; "Lyceum Theatre Program" in center; "Shaw & DeLano, lessees and Mgrs" "E.C. Sullivan, publisher;" features ad for F.G. Smith, Sons and Company jewelers on left side of cover and numerous other advertisements within
- Date Issued:
- 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Program for performance of "Peg O' My Heart" at the Garrick Theatre beginning December 7, 1914; program features production information, cast of characters, and scene synopses as well as advertisements and short articles; front cover is in color and features an illustration of a young lady in a blue and yellow dress and black hat with red feathers standing in front of two servants holding a bouquet of flowers; below: "Arriving at the play in the time of David Garrick"
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for a vaudeville performance at the Lyceum Theatre featuring the Refined Vaidis Sisters, scheduled for the week of Monday, December 1st; front cover is brown and yellow on white paper; illustration of a fairy seated in a toga by a tree; "Lyceum Theatre" at top next to illustration of someone blowing in to two bugles; "Charles Shaw and Orin DeLane, Lessees and Managers;" Winn and Hammond are credited as the binders, printers, and engravers, and E.C. Sullivan is listed as the publisher; in addition to the list of acts, the interior contains numerous advertisements including one for the dentist Dr. Bean promoting his use of cocaine as an anesthetic, and a "musical puzzle" advertising Harry R. Williams' musical instrument warerooms carrying a 1890 copyright.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Program handbill for a performance of "The Awakening of Helena Richie," at the Detroit Opera House from May 16 to 18, 1910. An advertisement for the National Silk Company is printed at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for a performance of the plays, "Uncle's Will!" and "Champagne and Oysters" held on April, 29th, 1885, and billed within as possibly "the last in history of the Detroit Opera House." The program consists of three cardstock and one cloth disc bound by a piece of beige braided string. The cover consists of a beige, pink, and golden frame through with an engraving of Charles A. Shaw, printed on the cloth disc below is visible. Beneath the frame, the cloth disc is also printed with the signature, "Yours Truly, C.A. Shaw." The engraving is credited to Aldine Printing. The second cardstock to which the cloth disc is glued at the top bares and engraving of the exterior of the Detroit Opera House on the recto and a passage entitled, "Farewell," on the verso. The passage concerns the history of the Opera House, and the present whereabouts of the cast of its first production, "London Assurance," on March 29, 1869. The final disc contains the program for the two plays on the recto. An image of a winged head from which tears fall onto a phrase partially obscured by tape, beginning with the word, "farewell," is printed in gold and blue on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville show at the New Wonderland Theatre, Eden Musee, and Menagerie during the week of July 15, 1901. James F. Kelly and Dorothy Kent in "A Ginger Snap;" Musical Kleist's Novel Musical Electrical and Comedy Black Art; singer Elizabeth M. Murrary; the Young America Quintette; Louis A. Simon, Grace Gardner and Company in "The New Coachman;" cornet soloists and duettists A.H. Knoll and Marie McNeil; and Katamura's Japs are on the bill. The majority of the program is dedicated to advertisements, including one for "Queen Anne Soap Free Excursions," aboard the TASHMOO, GREYHOUND, and CITY OF TOLEDO on the back cover. A black and white half tone image of the theater, and a advertisement for Richardson's china appears on the cover surrounded by a border containing columns, acanthus leaves, scrollwork, and musical instruments. A handwritten note around the top and right edge of the cover reads, "Mon. Eve. 7-15-'01. Absolutely the very worst performance I ever 'sat through.'"
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- 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
