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Money bags, Chestnut Street Theatre. Marrying for money. [graphic].
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Contributor
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Money bags, Chestnut Street Theatre. Marrying for money. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1881
Date
[ca. 1881]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 x 7.5 cm. (5 x 3 in.)
Description
llustrated trade card depicting a vignette of an older man and a young woman. As he mischievously twists his mustache, she is posed in a childlike manner, seated and playing with his pocketwatch. Vignette surrounded by money, including paper and coin currency. The comedy "Money Bags" by J.W. Shannon debuted at the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1881.
Notes
Contains advertising text printed on verso: Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut St., above Twelfth. Another novelty! First production in America. Three hours fun! J.W. Shannon's inimitable comedy Money Bags commencing Thursday, Oct. 20, Wednesday & Saturday matinee. Best reserved seats 50 cents. Reserved seats at admission prices after the doors are open in the evening. Full of fun and merriment! Seats may be secured two weeks in advance.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Theatrical productions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Money.
Relations between the sexes.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Chestnut [1975.F.595]
Accession number
1975.F.595
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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