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The People's Opera Company.
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Title
The People's Opera Company. [graphic] : 10 & 20 cts.
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 4.5 x 8 cm. (1.75 x 3 in.)
Description
Illustrated stock trade card depicting a well-dressed couple recreating at a lake, including a man in a rowboat and a partial view of a boathouse. Two swans swim in the water nearby.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Opera house, commencing Monday evening, March 30th, 1885, the People's Opera Company! From the Arch Street Opera House, Philadelphia, will produce a popular repertoire of operas, magnificent scenery, costumes, chorus and orchestra. Popular prices. 10 and 20 cents admission. 10 cents extra for reserved seats.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject
The People's Opera Company.
Opera companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses.
Couples.
Lakes & ponds.
Recreation.
Rowboats.
Swans.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - People's [P.9785]
Accession number
P.9785
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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