Details
Title Money bags, Chestnut Street Theatre. Marrying for money. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
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
1975.F.595(v)