Details
Creator Gies & Co.
Contributor Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's cabin.
Title [Tradecard for S. Drapers' Uncle Tom's Cabin] [graphic].
Publisher New York ; Buffalo : Gies & Co
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1884
Date [ca. 1884]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 12 cm (3 x4.75 in.)
Description Trade card promoting Simeon Draper's touring stage company's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Shows a grimacing monkey trying to force feed a dead rat to a small white dog by pulling its tail. A trap and water bowl lay at the animals' feet. Also shows a partial view of a dog house in the right.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Series no. printed on recto: B.7.
Text printed on verso: Music Hall! One week, commencing Monday, May 19th. Family matinees – Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Gigantic revival! S. Drapers’ Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with attractions offered by no other Manager. 2 Great Topsy’s with songs, dances and banjo solos. 2 Funny Marks’. Pack of Cuban bloodhounds. The celebrated Nashville University students. The wonderful child artist, Little Libbie Putnam, as Eva. Popular prices, - 15, 25 and 35 cents. No extra. No higher. Matinee admission – 10, 15 and 25 cents.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Purchase 2006.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Draper, Simeon.
Dogs
Monkeys
Rats
Theatrical productions
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Trade cards - D [105880.D]
Accession number 105880.D