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- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Legend of Leonora" and "The Ladies' Shakespeare" at Detroit Opera House November 2, 1914; front cover features a color illustration of the Opera House Facade with a number of people standing out front and two automobiles parked in the street; "B.C. Whitney, Proprietor"; "H.F. Parent, Manager"; in white letters near top "Detroit Opera House"
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program booklet for a production of "The Suspect" at H.C. Miner's Grand Theatre scheduled for the week of January. 6, 1890; published in 1889; black and white print with red border markers around outside; "H.C. Miner's Grand Theatre Bill of the Play" in a banner at top of program; illustration of H.C. Miner in profile to the left; H.C. Miner Lessee & Mngr; Chas Shaw Resident Mngr; below: advertisements for various companies
- Date Issued:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Charlatan" starring De Wolf Hopper at the Detroit Opera House beginning April 10, 1899; program also contains scene synopses and advertisements, including one for upcoming performances of "The Wizard of the Nile," and "The Idol's Eye;" 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
- Description:
- Program for a series of performances by Olga Nethersole and her company consisting of "The Submarine," "The Awakening," Sapho," "I Pagliacci," and "Adrienne Lecouvreur" at the Detroit Opera House, beginning January 13, 1908; front cover is in color and features name of the theatre in large print at center flanked by illustrations of tragedy and comedy masks and two Doric columns wrapped in ribbons; at top: an image of the Detroit skyline and the motto "In Detroit - Life is Worth Living"; front cover also features an advertisement for Hotel Pontchartrain; back cover features an advertisement for the Penobscot Inn; many other advertisements are contained throughout.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program booklet for a vaudeville performance at the Temple Theatre the week of April 24, 1911. The Temple Theatre Orchestra; Wills and Hassan, Master Equilibrists; "That Nifty Pair," Jennie Ward and Billie Cullen; Howard, the "premier ventriloquist of Scotland; "The Natural Irishman and the Lady Harpist and Vocalist," James Callahan and Jenny St. George; Gerald Griffin and Company; "Quartette of French Operatic Artists," Les Cades de Gascogne; Valerie Bergere and her Company; "The Original New York Rathskellar Trio," Stepp, Mehlinger, and King; "World Champion Trick Cyclists," the Great Kaufmann Troupe; and Mooreoscope Daylight Pictures are billed. The program also contains information about upcoming performances and numerous advertisements. An illustration of a woman holding a fan, and a minstrel playing a lute are on the cover, with an advertisement for the Traver-Bird Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program sheet for performances of "A Celebrated Case," at the Lafayette Theatre during the week of December 15, 1907. The program lists the cast, scenes, and songs. The following week's production of "In the Bishop's Carriage," is promoted at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Program for performance of "The Whip" at the Garrick Theatre beginning March 8, 1915; 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:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- Description:
- Program booklet for a variety show at the Temple Theatre for the week of Monday, September 20, 1920. The acts include Samaroff and Sonia with "A Big of Old Russia;" singer Ethel Hopkins; William Mandel and Company in "An Unusual Occurrence;" Stuart Casey and Mildred Warren in "Dog-Gonne It!;" Charles Young and Bill Wheeler, "Bachelors of Music;" Laura Pierpont in "The Guiding Star;" Sully and Mack; Thomas F. Swift and Mary H. Kelly "Offer $3000," a Vaudeville Vagary;" the Kitamuras Brothers, "equilibristic and 'Risley' Workers;" and the Temple Film Review of Current Events World-Wide. The booklet also contains information on the upcoming week's performances, and advertisements for clothiers, restaurants, and music stores. A green illustration of a curtain beneath a pediment showing a procession of performers is on the cover. "9/23/20," is handwritten on the cover in pen.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
