DOCSLIB.ORG

Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z321cb Online items available Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2014 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Jay T. Last Collection of priJLC_ENT 1 Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera Overview of the Collection Title: Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera Dates (inclusive): 1839-approximately 1940 Bulk dates: 1870-1900 Collection Number: priJLC_ENT Collector: Last, Jay T. Extent: approximately 2,300 items Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera contains more than 2,300 printed items primarily advertising theatrical and musical entertainment and related performers in the United States from 1839 to the 1940s, with the majority of items dating from the 1870s to the 1890s. The collection consists of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations pertaining to a wide variety of performance genres that have been grouped broadly as music and theater (including theater, music, dance, burlesque, comedy, pantomime, and variety); minstrel (including minstrel shows, blackface entertainers, and female minstrels); and magic and miscellaneous (including magicians, motion pictures, and Wild West shows). Language: English. Note: Finding aid last updated on August 30, 2018. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Item title, Call number]. Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the performing arts prints and ephemera were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2013. Background The Jay T. Last Collection is an unparalleled archive of printed paper artifacts that documents American lithographic, social, and business history. The collection began in the early 1970s when physicist and Silicon Valley pioneer Jay Last moved to Southern California and started collecting citrus box labels he found at local flea markets and rummage sales. As his collection grew, Last realized that these labels conveyed important information about commercial printing, graphic design, and social history, and he expanded his collection to include other forms of American visual culture. Today this collection contains more than 200,000 lithographic prints, posters, and ephemera of mostly nineteenth- and early twentieth- century American origin and represents works by more than five hundred lithographic companies. Scope and Content The Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera contains more than 2,300 printed items primarily advertising theatrical and musical entertainment and related performers in the United States from 1839 to the 1940s, with the majority of items dating from the 1870s to the 1890s. The collection consists of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations pertaining to a wide variety of performance genres that have been grouped broadly as music and theater (including theater, music, dance, burlesque, comedy, pantomime, and variety); Jay T. Last Collection of priJLC_ENT 2 Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera minstrel (including minstrel shows, blackface entertainers, and female minstrels); and magic and miscellaneous (including magicians, motion pictures, and Wild West shows). Materials are arranged into two series: small-size items (11 x 14 inches or less) and large-size items (bigger than 11 x 14 inches). Small size items are described broadly at the series level; large-size items are fully inventoried and all printers, artists, and publishers are indexed by name. The collection has 450 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographic theatrical and minstrel posters that were intended to advertise specific shows or performers. Small-size items in the collection number approximately 1,850 and are comprised mainly of promotional ephemera and business documents such as trade cards, programs and playbills, souvenir booklets, tickets, die-cut cards, and printed billheads and letterheads with manuscript text. The collection provides a resource for studying the history of the American theater and the evolution of advertising strategies for the performing arts in the United States in the late 19th century. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of developing techniques and trends in printmaking, and of the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creation of these prints. Alternative Form of Materials Available Visit the Huntington Digital Library: Jay T. Last Collection to view digitized items from this collection. Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Balls and Carnivals Prints and Ephemera Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Circus Prints and Ephemera Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Theatrical Broadsides and Playbills Note The Huntington Library Historical Prints Collection contains two related items (priHHC_ENT_0000002 and priHHC_ENT_0000003) that are listed in the "Related Materials" section at the beginning of the Music and Theater subseries in Series II of this finding aid. Arrangement Items are arranged broadly by size in two series, which have been further arranged in subseries: Series I. Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera (small size) Subseries A. Music and Theater (small size) Subseries B. Minstrel (small size) Subseries C. Magic and Miscellaneous (small size) Series II. Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera (large size) Subseries A. Music and Theater (large size) Subseries B. Minstrel (large size) Subseries C. Magic and Miscellaneous (large size) Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Genres Advertisements. Billheads. Business records. Business records -- United States -- 19th century. Business records -- United States -- 20th century. Caricatures. Chromolithographs. Ephemera. Engravings. Leaflets (printed works). Letterheads. Lithographs. Portrait prints. Jay T. Last Collection of priJLC_ENT 3 Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera Posters. Printed ephemera. Prints. Promotional materials. Relief prints. Theatrical posters. Tickets. Trade cards. Views. Subjects Actors -- Pictorial works. Actors -- Portraits. Actresses -- Pictorial works. African Americans -- Pictorial works. Bands (Music) -- Pictorial works. Blackface entertainers -- Pictorial works. Burlesque (Theater) Caricatures and cartoons. Comedians -- Portraits. Comedies. Dancers -- Pictorial works. Magicians -- Pictorial works. Marching bands -- Pictorial works. Melodramas. Minstrel shows. Museums -- Pictorial works. Parades -- Pictorial works. Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. Theatrical producers and directors -- Portraits. Theatrical productions -- United States -- 19th century. Vaudeville. Printer, Publisher, Artist Index The following is a complete list of printers, publishers, and artists represented in the large-size items in this collection. A. Hoen & Co. A.S. Seer’s Printing Establishment (New York, N.Y.) Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co. Alfred Mudge and Son. American Lithographic Co. American Show Print (Firm) Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) Arnold, Vic. Baker, Joseph E., approximately 1837-1914. Bencke, Herman. Blue, Ed. Bonar, Thomas. Boston Job Print. Briggs, A. Jay T. Last Collection of priJLC_ENT 4 Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera Cadwell, William H. Calhoun Printing Company. Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.) Central Lith. & Eng. Co. Chicago Bank Note Company Chicago Lithographing Co. Clear & Co. Courier Company. De La Harpe, Joseph, 1850-1901. Donaldson Litho. Co. Dreser, William, approximately 1820- Dunshee, E. S. E. Herrlein's Lith. Enquirer Job Printing Co. Enquirer Litho. Co. Enterprise Litho Co. Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co. Etherington, C. (Engraver) Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925. Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company. Francis & Valentine Frizzell, S. S. (Samuel S.), 1843-1895. Goes Lithographic Co. Goodman, Arthur Jule, d. 1926. Graphic Company. Great Western Pr. Eng. & Lith. Co. Greve Show Print Co. Gurney, J. (Jeremiah), 1812-1895. H. A. Thomas & Sterling. H. A. Thomas & Wylie. H.C. Miner Litho. Co. Haehnlen, Jacob, 1824-. Hallworth, Joseph B. Hart, Chas.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Guide to the Brooklyn Playbills and Programs Collection, BCMS.0041 Finding Aid Prepared by Lisa Deboer, Lisa Castrogiovanni
    Guide to the Brooklyn Playbills and Programs Collection, BCMS.0041 Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeBoer, Lisa Castrogiovanni and Lisa Studier and revised by Diana Bowers-Smith. This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit September 04, 2019 Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Collection , 2006; revised 2008 and 2018. 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY, 11238 718.230.2762 [email protected] Guide to the Brooklyn Playbills and Programs Collection, BCMS.0041 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 7 Historical Note...............................................................................................................................................8 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 8 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................9 Collection Highlights.....................................................................................................................................9 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................10 Related Materials .....................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Theater Playbills and Programs Collection, 1875-1972
    Guide to the Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs Collection, 1875-1972 Brooklyn Public Library Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238 Contact: Brooklyn Collection Phone: 718.230.2762 Fax: 718.857.2245 Email: [email protected] www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org Processed by Lisa DeBoer, Lisa Castrogiovanni and Lisa Studier. Finding aid created in 2006. Revised and expanded in 2008. Copyright © 2006-2008 Brooklyn Public Library. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Creator: Various Title: Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs Collection Date Span: 1875-1972 Abstract: The Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs Collection consists of 800 playbills and programs for motion pictures, musical concerts, high school commencement exercises, lectures, photoplays, vaudeville, and burlesque, as well as the more traditional offerings such as plays and operas, all from Brooklyn theaters. Quantity: 2.25 linear feet Location: Brooklyn Collection Map Room, cabinet 11 Repository: Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection Reference Code: BC0071 Scope and Content Note The 800 items in the Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs Collection, which occupies 2.25 cubic feet, easily refute the stereotypes of Brooklyn as provincial and insular. From the late 1880s until the 1940s, the period covered by the bulk of these materials, the performing arts thrived in Brooklyn and were available to residents right at their doorsteps. At one point, there were over 200 theaters in Brooklyn. Frequented by the rich, the middle class and the working poor, they enjoyed mass popularity. With materials from 115 different theaters, the collection spans almost a century, from 1875 to 1972. The highest concentration is in the years 1890 to 1909, with approximately 450 items.
    [Show full text]
  • Billboard, May 13, 1905
    PRICE, 10 CENTS FORTY-EIGHT PA«ES ! THEATRES^- CIRCUSES FAIRS ~ MUSICIANS Weekly Volume XVU. No. 19. CINCINNATI—NEW YORK- CHICAGO May 13, 1905. MISS GERTRUDE BONDHILL The Well-known Cincinnati Actress. The Billboard New York aaud ii.Helicef s seem to never tire of her delineations. ADDISTON AND LIVINGSTON MINSTREL Charles Merritt and beautiful May Itozcll are resting in New York until their BURLESQUE summer park booking begins early in June. OPERA *••-» Jud Williams, who has made his tirst New York appearance at Harry Sanderson's one theatre manager ever undertook to Invest benefit. Easter Sumliiy night, won such pro- in painted signs; and as Mr. Proctor has here nounced favor that he was Immediately secured BROADWAY GOSS1R tofore been almost evelusively newspaper ad- to olay this week at Tony Pastor's Theatre. vertiser, the deal opens up a new line of Mr. Williams is a western performer of merit thought nml makes room for argument. ami originality and his novelty piano playing, »»<• singing and talking act has been received with Theatrical Items and Personal Gossi merited favor. Monday, Eugene Blair began a stuck • ••» Heard by Chance Along the Great engagement at the West-End Theatre in Har- White Way lem, opening with Saplio with a special umtinee Richard Conn who has been the on Saturday of East Lyune. George Faweelt's western manager of Harry Von Tllzer's music NEW YOUK OFFICE Of THE BJLLBOAUD. stock season, with Miss Percy Haswell as lead business closed up In the Chicagoofflce and came Suite 8, Holland lildg., 1440 Broadwa> Ing lady, opened at the American May 1.
    [Show full text]
  • This Entire Document
    O 1J89, n THI SPOHTIHO Lire Pmusmxo Co. SPORTING LIFEENTERED AT PHILA. POST OFFICE AS srcONo CLASS MATTE*. VOLUME 12, NO. 13. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY 2, 1889. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. not b* opened fora week or more, as Manager Sul- itylnff that OllMcno bad lived up to his contract aud livrtii ha^ received a tr'.egnun from Milwaukee an- was entitled to the m nej h*- claimed from t!ie Wash­ LATE NEWS. noiiucing the di ath of his aged father, Ted will go to ington Club. Tim sort of doutile dealing wad what dis­ MilwauKee to attend the fuueral. gusted Mr. Yoiin^ with the great umpire, as he lost A START MADE. faith In a man who could change his stoiy eo c<nn- Columbia's Offer to Marr. pietely. Besides, it was a well-known fact that Gtlli­ A Rising Pugilist's Sun Special to SPORTING Line. gan fully derived nil tbe fining be got, as be foiled to CINCINNATI, O , Dec. 29. Columbus has aiked Left/ live up to his contract from the very first.* A New Southern League Murr tor l>is t.-i'uid, providing tho club secures hit re­ "This wan thb fir**t I had ever heaid of Gaffney's Eclipsed lease from Syracuse. Marr wnnls S2.IOO, $.100 advance trouble with Hree dent YuUDg, and I will now be sur­ and one-third ef the release mouey from Syracuse. prised if be TB appointed on Iho League staff, for Mr. Organized. "Red" Muck, who is h-re from L-mNville, flays Guy You lift It a hard ni>m to change when he bas onre set Bccker will poaltivtly refuse to again sign with the bis mind, and n<> <lou!>t be hat lost faith iu Gaffuey'* Spalding's Party to go Around Colonels.
    [Show full text]
  • The Comic Operas of John Philip Sousa
    ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: (MUSICAL) SALES PITCHES FROM THE “SALESMAN OF AMERICANISM”: THE COMIC OPERAS OF JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Tracey Elaine Chessum, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Heather S. Nathans School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies When Americans hear the name John Phillip Sousa, they likely equate him with brass band music and the Fourth of July holiday. Neither theatre scholars nor audiences generally link Sousa with musical theatre; however Sousa saw nine of his comic operas and one musical comedy produced between 1879 and 1913. This dissertation is primarily a work of musical theatre history; however, it argues that Sousa’s comic operas were constructed to play a role in how American identity was manufactured and disseminated at the turn of the twentieth-century by reflecting new definitions of the “American” from the stage and circulating these new definitions nationally and internationally. Sousa constructed himself into an American cultural icon, a “Salesman of Americanism,” during an era renegotiating national identity. His works, therefore, carry the weight of his iconic stature, casting their messages as an ‘American’ point of view. In addition to a comprehensive discussion of each operetta’s form and production history, I argue that Sousa’s comic operas can be cast as cultural ambassadors for social and political ideas; as musical theatre works attempting to re-define American identity in the eyes of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. While situating Sousa’s comic operas within the framework of musical theatre history, I argue that these cultural ambassadors were powerful agents advocating political and social change, intervening in the major social debates of the period, specifically in dialogues on race, foreign policy, copyright, labor, and suffrage.
    [Show full text]
  • THE .YEEK's BILL. Bratton, Which Opened at Soutnr
    ta . rn _¦ a m £9 ^^ ^e-WmfV M rvr. /JM3 FOOTLTOnm±m\W .___¦¦ ¦_¦_¦ ____> lUl- ^m.li-M^M^M t paattag eaanpaay, the princlpal of whlch are Far¬ OY 77//; PACIFIC SLOPE. the Broadway Theatre ren . THE .YEEK'S BILL. Bratton, which opened at Soutnr. a ->n of Nellie Farren. who waa last Monday, has tweiity-two muslcal numbers, the leading aosBMNBaauaa of musical playa on the presented by prlnelpals and chorus. The music ia Strand; Fr-d Wright. who will be remembered for all of tha character which sets everybody whlstling. hla work in "The School Girl" lrast season; Fred /. 8 tts Strength in San Fran¬ j but none Kay. who antntd h. re orlginally in The Gaiety Mir.y Shows, from Shatc to C'lit- i Mr. Bratton has written several scorea. Girl." tind who hn- since been the leading charac¬ whlch hava furnlshed so many numbere for the ter comedian of Daly's Theatre. Dondon; Tallleur cisco.Danger from Hook Worrn. To Be Seen. whlstler. Among the prlnelpals are Edwln Stevens. Andrews. who waa the chief tenor of .'The School tcring Spectacle, Harrv MaoDonough, George Blcbards. .Sager Olrl" t. aeaaon; the three danc- Ban Fr-trcisao, Au*. M RepuMtcaa* Granvllle, Miss Qertle Carlisle. Gaiety Theatre Midgelev, Taylor Miss Carol ers. Miss Margaret Fraser. Miss Bert Slnden and League h. li thai The reguli :.t the Xew-York la Hawley, Mlaa Ethel Johnson. Miss Vivlan Vowles, wh bead an clever Ho¬ Miss Kathryr: HirU'hinson. A e*on- especlally :ectgi will 1.. n;_-',-.t.
    [Show full text]
  • The Billboard 1909-12-04
    CHEAP -THE LATEST MUSIC SPECIAL FOR PLAYER AND ELECTRIC PIANOS AbaoluUljr Voa-BreakabU ON SPOOLS AND ROLLS Suitable for amaL tbe4tT« and morlnf picture abona. W. PRICE, 50 to Per Roll. H carrj tbeae chalra In stork and cai ship Immrdlatelj 60 pieces, so new every month, that Serood-baod cbalr. also seatloc for oa< they are old by the time others produce | of door use. Add r>.pt. R.. HTEEl them. Send for Catalogues Bulletins. : n RSMTURi; C<». n r a D d Rapid. Mirbixan. Bnatoc UIMITEID S'T/K'TE.S MUSIC CO., nIBre. 224 Cooxreaa L.art«st Makar* in tha World. I at., Boston, Mass Mooadnork Blk 4S N. V\ e»lem Ave., CHICAGO, U. S. A. Ran FTanrlsco. Cal.; S. Y. offire. 44 Park Place i — LOOK — 1 This Trunk id mnda of : AT THE PRICES . $10.001 S-ply B. B. a B. Trunk 1 ** $0 . 11.001 WoM, hMYT Duok Oov- WANTED . is.ool ! $t erinc, Hieiory SUta, 1 *4 . i$.ooi 1 $6 . 14.00 MallMbU SeroU-Bouna 1 $8 Hand-Riveted Tip^ng . 16 00 For Moving Picture Stock Company 40 Tray. GUARANTEE l>-fdtn|t woman of rood appearance WHO CAN ACT: one who pbotoerapbs well and has stmig Three Stores. Send for Free Catnlefue facial exprceeion for cmuiional and dramatic aork. B. B. db B. TRUNK CO. I.>'«ding man to mcai-ure up to rbe same rcinlrrmente. 447 Wm4 MfMl. Stage director, capable of staging moving picture playa. A man wbo can take an Idea and pro- due.' a M'coerio; one wbo ba* tbe ability to bring out strong dramatic situations, of In¬ 109 FMleral M., ■.
    [Show full text]
  • Rise of the Woman Director on Broadway, 1920-1950
    : /THE RISE OF THE WOMAN DIRECTOR ON BROADWAY, 1920-1950/ by TAMARA L. COMPTON B. A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970 A MASTER'S THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF ARTS Department of Speech KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, Kansas Approved by Dr. Lewis E. Shelton •Tii- ms TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I . INTRODUCTION 1 Proposal 1 Existing Literature 3 Methodology 7 II . BACKGROUND HISTORY 15 History of the American Director 15 The Actress-Manager in America 20 Changes in Society's View of Women 25 III. WOMEN IN THEATRE, 1900-1950 33 IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WOMAN DIRECTOR 53 V. SELECTED WOMEN- DIRECTORS 68 VI . CONCLUSION 102 APPENDIX 108 BIBLIOGRAPHY 128 CHAPTER I Introduction Proposal Using the Burns Mantle Best Plays yearbook series, a statistical review of Broadway productions and directors reveals that in 1894, 3.23 percent of the plays were directed by a woman. In 1983 that figure was 2.38 percent. While these polar figures suggest that there has been little change in the last ninety years, there were important variations. Host significantly from 1920 to 1950 there was a rise in the percentage of women directors on Broadway from three percent in 1919 to thirteen percent in 1950. After 1950 the 1 percentages declined and by 1955 the figure was zero. The three decade period of 1920-1950 represents the peak period of success foi»- the woman director on Broadway. This study will document statistically that rise, investigate the factors that hampered women and suggest forces that contributed to the emergence of the woman director, and survey the careers of the major female directors of the period 1920-1950.
    [Show full text]
  • P. 174. Under the Polar Star (76 Perf.) - Play in Five Acts by Clay~
    \\ CLAY ~. GREENE PtlODUCTIONS From the Burns Mantle Yearbook, "The Best Plays of 1894-99." The Season of 1896-1897. P. 32. William A. Brady kicked off the season on August 0oth with a quite successful drama, "Under the Polar Star," by Clay M. Greene, in W1ich Leo Ditrichstein figured importantly at the Academy of Music. P. 132. The Vale of Avoca {8 perf.) - Play in four acts by Leonard Glover and Clay M. Greene. Produced at the Columbus 'l'heatre, April 15, 1895. Cast: Charles H. Hopper, Hugo Toland, Clarence Handyside, Neil O' Brien, James F. Maffitt, George tleynolds, Paul Barnes, James Peters, ttobert Warren, Annie Ward Tiffany, Annie Haines, liose Tiffany, Florence Ashbrooke, Lillie Madison and Juliette De Grignon. Staged by Max Freeman. Settings by Joseph Physioc. P. 85. The Little Trooper ( 68 perf. )- Musical comedy in three acts. Libretto by Clay ~. Greene. Music by William Furst. Produced by Nat Roth at the Casino Theatre, August 30, 1894. Cast: Della Fox, Jefferson de Angelis, Paul Aurthur,~ Knight, Charles J. CaIIJ)bell, Alf C. Whelan, Villa Knox, Charles Dungan, Eva Davenport, Marie Celeste, Hattie Williams, John Du.alley, Eugene Nicholson, Crissie Carlyle and Violet Aubrey. Staged by Richard Barker. Settings by Ernest Gros. P. 97. Pawn Ticket 210 (8 perf.) - Play in four acts by David Belasco and Clay M. Greene. Produced by J.M. Ward a Ni blo's Garden Theatre, October 1, 1894. Cast: Amy Lee, Frank Doane, P. Augustus Anderson, Lionel Bland, Rose Watson, Robert Percy, Frank A. Connor, Nellie Dunbar, Sara Lacelles and L.H. Drew.
    [Show full text]