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- Title
- Logan Table
- Description
- Secondary woods with walnut top., Inscription on brass plaque reads, "This table formerly used by the Honourable James Logan an part of the furniture of his Library at Stenton was presented to the Loganian Library by his descendant in the fifth generation, Albanus C. Logan, MDCCLXX." Marlbourough style legs were not used until about 1755, which makes the claim of it belonging to James Logan doubtful. It may be one of several walnut tables mentioned in the inventory made at Stenton after William Logan's death in 1772., Gift of Albanus C. Logan II, 1870.
- Date
- after 1755
- Location
- OBJ 018
- Title
- Brewster Table
- Description
- The table has an accordion, wire and wheel system to aid in expanding and contracting it for the use of leaves., Library Company Minutes vol. 9, p. 308, "I give and bequeath to the Library Company of Philadelphia... long carved Quattro Cento nut-wood library table.", Bequest of Anne Hampton Brewster, 1892.
- Location
- OBJ 019
- Title
- Drop Leaf Table
- Description
- Bequest of Dr. James Rush, 1869.
- Date
- 18th century
- Location
- OBJ 030
- Title
- Library Tables
- Description
- Two library tables with pine tops covered with red leather. Baluster turned legs joined by rectangular stretchers, which are molded on top. Ball feet. Drawer in apron has decorative brass pulls and key plate. One table lacks key plate. Original covering was likely green baize., Purchased by the Library Company, ca. 1740.
- Date
- ca. 1740
- Location
- OBJ 016
- Title
- E.D. Trymby, furniture, 1217 Market Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting chairs, tables, plant stands, stools and curtains, all products made by Enos D. Trymby at 1217 Market Street in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Trymby's "high class furniture", including parlor, dining room and bedroom furniture., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Trymby [P.9642.5]
- Title
- F.G. Ford's patent support for bed slats (patented April 7th, 1885.) Manufactured and sold by Thos. Devlin & Co., American Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a hook and socket patented by F.G. Ford, along with vignettes of a table and a person in a bed surrounded by a net., Advertising text printed below engravings on recto lists potential uses for Ford's hook and sockets, including bed slats, mattresses, wardrobes, tables, benches, shelving in stores, windows, wagons, closets, bath tubs, seats in water closets, and for use by carriage builders, cabinet makers, carpenters, paper hangers, farmers, and poultry raisers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Creator
- Ware Bros., engraver
- Date
- 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Devlin [P.2006.20.52]
- Title
- Grand variety concert for two nights only on Tuesday & Wednesday even'gs, Jan. 26 & 27 by Sam'l J. Murphy's Variety Company ... Programme. ... Minstrels! ... Turning the tables! ... To conclude with a celebrated walk-around composed expressly for this company. To-morrow evening will be another entertainment, with an entire change of programme. Cards of admission, 25 cts. to be had at the door. Front seats reserved for ladies. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commences at 8
- Description
- Jan. 26 fell on a Tuesday in 1864., The company includes: Dick Berthelon, Mattie Clare, Prof. Cummings, Miss L. Davenport, Charles Davis, Jim Flake, William La Conta, Samuel J. Murphy, Prof. J. Robinson, and Ada Sinclair., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Murphy's Variety Company
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Murphy (28)5761.F.45b (McAllister)
- Title
- Private dining room, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
- Description
- View of round table covered by cloth and surrounded by upholstered armchairs. Table is set with glass and ceramic wares. Table is near three large windows with opened shutters. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.1i]
- Title
- Horticultural Building - S.W. Forcing Wall.
- Description
- Interior view of Horticultural Hall showing a greenhouse with a table of various potted plants and trees.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.37a]
- Title
- Horticultural Building - S.E. Forcing Room.
- Description
- Interior view showing table of various potted plants and trees.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.36b]
- Title
- Peck & Hills' Furniture Co., 642 North Broad St. cor. Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Interior view of living room section of enormous furniture showroom, showing couches, chairs, lamps and tables., Advertisement on verso. Post marked 1922. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1922
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.2005.7]
- Title
- Cathay Restaurant, 1221-23 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa Music, dancing, broadcasting
- Description
- Interior view of the Cathay Restaurant located at 1221-1223 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows the view from the second-floor staircase, looking down at the main dining room on the first level and the balcony sections that flank the main stairway. Depicts on the first floor, a line of red tray holders for waitstaff in the left and rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. On the balconies are additional rows of white table-clothed dining tables and chairs. The edges of the balcony are lined with different-colored figurine lamps with fringed shades. Colored paper lanterns and a chandelier hang from the ceiling. The Cathay restaurant, also called the Cathay Tea Garden, was a Chinese restaurant that had a large dance floor where musicians and bands played. They also broadcasted a live radio show. The restaurant closed in 1973., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Numbered 95415 on verso., Sheet number: 112A03., Divided back.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]
- Title
- Room in house
- Description
- View depicting an interior of the Lincoln House in Springfield, Illinois. A framed print commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation hangs on the wall-papered wall. Also includes a table adorned with a silver tray, pitcher, and goblets and a chair., Title from accompanying label: No. 21. Room in house., Date from copyright., Unmounted stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, and Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Glover
- Date
- [May 22, 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [(13)1540.F]
- Title
- For the holidays, good dinners, &c., to be had at the Model Coffee House, Chas. Huber, Proprietor No. 48 East Seneca Street, Buffalo, N.Y. Separate room for ladies
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man cook delivering food to a table and two blonde-haired white children trailing him. In the foreground is a table with a red and white tablecloth. Plates of food, trays, and a pitcher are visible on the table. A fish is depicted atop a plate at the center of the table and a tray in the right bears bunches of grapes and bears. Behind the three figures are shrubbery and a trellis covered in leafy vines. The cook is attired in a white chef's hat and uniform and is depicted with exaggerated features. The young white girl dons a red ribbon in her hair. Charles Huber owned a restaurant, Model Coffee House, in Buffalo, New York during the late nineteenth century., Title from item., Date inferred from content and genre of print., Advertising text printed on recto: Separate room for ladies., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Model [P.2017.95.133]
- Title
- Chinese section - Main Building.
- Description
- Display of ornately carved Chinese furniture, including a bed, chairs, table, and a folding screen, all behind a decorative arch. Image is slightly different view of same subject as P.8700.3.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- *Centennial - photos [P.8700.4]
- Title
- Connecticut State Building - Interior
- Description
- Interior view of the Connecticut State Building. Depicts a room with high ceilings, wood paneled walls and floors, and a fireplace in the central area of the back wall. Also shown is a table with multiple chairs, a portrait hanging above the fireplace, a hanging banner with a list of names, a grandfather clock, and a variety of other objects and collectibles.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.24e]
- Title
- Horticultural Building - S.W. Forcing Room.
- Description
- Interior view showing potted plants of various sizes on two long tables with a center walkway. Also shows a man facing the left table, hoses, and water on the floor.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.36a]
- Title
- Chinese section - Main Building.
- Description
- Display of ornately carved Chinese furniture, including a bed, chairs, table, and a folding screen, all behind a decorative arch. Image is slightly different view of same subject as P.8700.4.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- *Centennial - photos [P.8700.3]
- Title
- Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building, Interior
- Description
- Interior view of the Singer Sewing Machine Company building. Depicts a formal room with multiple chair, a table, and chest of drawers. Also shown are several prints or paintings, a large mirror, and a chandelier light fixture.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.23e]
- Title
- Moors, Moorish furniture, etc.
- Description
- Display of Moorish furniture: wall unit, small table, urns, vases, bowls, carpets, and blankets. Seated in the display are two mannequins in Moorish dress.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - photos [P.9037.4]
- Title
- Horticultural Building - S. E. Forcing Room - March.
- Description
- Interior view of Horticultural Hall showing potted plants of various sizes on two long tables with a center walkway. Also shows a man facing the left table, and water on the floor.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.37c]
- Title
- [Living room of the Doering family residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Interior view of Doering living room, showing a large mirror over the fireplace and mantel, along with two tables, chairs, paintings, sculptures and a lamp near the corner of the ornate living room., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.154]
- Title
- [African American waiters in the large dining room, Great Central Fair of 1864, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts the African American men waiters posed amongst the dining room tables of the patriotically decorated dining room of the Fair's restaurant department. The waiters, attired in white collared shirts, bowties, white or black jackets, and pants, stand around and in between the tableclothed dining tables facing the viewer. American flags decorate the wall in the background and hang on the pillars. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Unmounted carte-de-visite photograph., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Probably by Philadelphia photographer A. Watson., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Watson - Great Central Fair [5781.F.156g]
- Title
- [African American waiters in the large dining room, Great Central Fair of 1864, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts the African American men waiters posed among and seated at the dining room tables of the patriotically decorated dining room of the Fair's restaurant department. The waiters, attired in white collared shirts, bowties, white jackets, and pants, sit at the tableclothed dining tables and look at the viewer. Nine waiters, attired in white collared shirts, black bowties, black jackets, and pants, stand in a line in the middle of the room facing the viewer. American flags decorate the wall in the background and hang on the pillars. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Probably by Philadelphia photographer A. Watson., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Watson - Great Central Fair [5781.F.165f]
- Title
- Russian Department - Main Building.
- Description
- Exhibit title: Hessrich [sic] & Woerffel, St. Petersburg, Exhibit #63a, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1. Furniture made of malachite, lapis, jasper, rhondonite, nephrite, labrador, with bronze fittings.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- *Centennial - photos [P.9037.8]
- Title
- A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant
- Description
- Interior view of the Golden Dragon restaurant located at 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia and depicting the dining room crowded with patrons. Shows the large room filled with diners sitting at white table-clothed tables and standing in a row. The men and women, finely attired in suits, dresses, hats, and jewelry, look at the viewer. Plates of food and cups and glasses are visible on the tables. In the left, a Chinese man waiter, attired in a tuxedo, stands with probably menus under his arm. In the background, musicians, attired in tuxedos, are seated with musical instruments in front of a backdrop of peacock feathers. The dining room ceiling is decorated with multiple-colored fabrics. Charlie Kerr (1890-1976) was a jazz drummer and orchestra leader in the 1920s to the late 1940s., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Text printed on verso: Philadelphia, Pa., 19[blank], Dear [blank], Greetings from the beautiful Golden Dragon, where I dined today. "Charlie" Kerr's Orchestra is great., Series no. on verso: 2690 N., See related: Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112] - sheet number 112B04., Sheet number: 112A05., Divided backs.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]
- Title
- Bloch. Bros. West Virgina mail pouch tobacco I tell you breddern, it pays you to read erbout W.V.A Mail Pouch terbacker on de oder side dis yer card
- Description
- Trade card promoting the Bloch Brothers' chewing tobacco. Depicts a racist caricature of an older African American man tobacco peddler portrayed with exaggerated features and selling his product in a clumsy manner on a stage. He looks flabbergasted, stands behind a small table with two leaves drawn open, and holds a green umbrella over his head with his right hand. He holds the top of the table with his other hand while a pitcher, cup of water, and a lit candle in a candlestick fall off of the table or fly in the air. An illustrated package of "Bloch Brothers' Mail Pouch Tobacco" falls toward the audience. On the stagefloor in front of the table is a brown bottle with a lit candle, a hurricane lantern, a candle in a candlestick, and a brimmed hat. Behind the salesman in the right is an open bag with a boot and clothes spilling out. A clock hangs on the back wall. In the foreground, the backs of four men’s heads in the audience are visible. The white-haired salesman is attired in a red, plaid suit; a red tie waving in the air; white collared shirt; black boots; and spectacles. Brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch founded the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1879 by manufacturing cigars. They created Mail Pouch chewing tobacco by flavoring and packaging leftover cigar clippings. Bloch Brothers was sold in 1969 to the General Cigar and Tobacco Company, which became a division of Culbro in 1978. The Company was acquired by the Helme Tobacco Company in 1983 and later changed its name to Swisher International. Swisher continues to produce Mail Pouch tobacco into the 21st century., Title from item., Date inferred from the history of the advertised business and the attire of figures depicted., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: Jacob G. Shirk, 886 N. Christian St., Lancaster, PA., Stamp partially visible on recto: Note: [?] Jacob Shirk, [308?] N. Christian Street., Advertising text printed on verso: To consumers of smoking and chewing tobacco: There has for years been a demand for a superior smoking tobacco, something cheap and meritorious, reverse from most brands, which are only manufactured for the profits derived by the manufacturer and the dealer, with no satisfaction to the consumer. It is a reform in Tobaccos, no stems to smoke nor mysterious compounds to chew. The qualities that recommend "Mail Pouch" Tobacco strongest as an article of merit, are:-- 1st. That it is a combination of Long Cut manipulated Virginia, Kentucky, Connecticut and Pennsylvania Leaf, by our own and original process, which makes it a cool smoke and a lasting chew. 2nd. In cheap tobaccos the smoker has been so long dosed with doctored, perfumed stuff, flattened stems mixed in with common Tobacco, to get something free from noxious flavorings and adulterations, is a result that must be appreciated. 3d. We claim that it is, without exception, the best and cheapest Tobacco ever offered to the consumer. The popularity of the W. Va. Mail Pouch Smoking and Chewing Tobacco is sufficient recommendation. It has attained its success and demand on its merits and sterling worth, it therefore has many imitators, but no equal. Bloch Bros., M'f'rs, Wheeling, W.Va., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Bloch [P.2017.95.15]
- Title
- A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant
- Description
- Interior view of the Golden Dragon restaurant located at 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia and depicting the dining room crowded with patrons. Shows the large room filled with diners sitting at white table-clothed tables and standing in a row. The men and women, finely attired in suits, dresses, hats, and jewelry, look at the viewer. Plates of food and cups and glasses are visible on the tables. In the left, a Chinese man waiter, attired in a tuxedo, stands with probably menus under his arm. In the background, musicians, attired in tuxedos, are seated with musical instruments in front of a backdrop of peacock feathers. The dining room ceiling is decorated with fabrics. Charlie Kerr (1890-1976) was a jazz drummer and orchestra leader in the 1920s to the late 1940s., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Text printed on verso: Philadelphia, Pa., 19[blank], Dear [blank], Greetings from the beautiful Golden Dragon, where I dined today. "Charlie" Kerr's Orchestra is great., See related: Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112] - sheet number 112A05., Sheet number: 112B04., Divided backs.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]
- Title
- The Bijou Music Hall! No. 607 Arch Street, next door below the theatre. The peoples' favorite place of amusement Harry Enochs, sole proprietor Billy Boyd, stage manager J. Nosher, musical director Andrew Enochs, ticket agent, William Early, officer ... Look at this bill for Christmas week Programme for this evening: ... Bijou Minstrels! ... The school ... Grand impalement feat! ... Imitations! of dogs, cats, monkeys, apes, chickens, goats, horses, turkeys and geese, ... Medical college! by the Corkonians. ... Turning the tables! ... To conclude with the comic pantomime of Paul and Julia or Troubles in a kitchen. ... On Christmas Day three grand performances, at 10 in the morning, half-past 2 in the afternoon, and half-past 7 in the evening. Miss Nellie Taylor, Philadelphia's favorite vocalist, is engaged, and will positively make her first appearance Monday, January 4th, 1864. Grand matinee every Saturday at half-past 2 o'clk for the accommodation of ladies and children. Admission, 10 and 15 cents Private boxes, $2.00. Single seats, 50 cents Doors open at quarter-before 7 o'clock. Commence quarter-before 8
- Description
- Performers include: Billy Boyd, Carrie Carson, Harry Enochs, Helene Smith, Tom Vance, Dave Williams, Ida Williams, Sammy Williams, and Billy Wright., "Card.--The management takes pleasure in informing his patrons, and the public generally, that the Bijou is next door to the Arch St. Theatre, easy of access, and the only place in the city entitled to the name. Gentlemen visiting here will find none of the difficulties pertaining to second floor and basement establishments. Our latch-strings are always out, and no pitfalls around the threshold.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Bijou Music Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Phi Bijou 1863 (27)5761.F.1a (McAllister)
- Title
- The Bijou Music Hall! No. 607 Arch Street, next door below the theatre. The peoples' favorite place of amusement Harry Enochs, sole proprietor Bill Yboyd [sic], stage manager J. Nosher, musical director Andrew Enochs, ticket agent William Early, officer ... 2 grand performances on New Year's Day at half-past 2 and half-past 7 o'clock. Programme for this evening: ... Bijou Minstrels! ... Malicious trespassing, ... Grand impalement feat! ... Imitations! of dogs, cats, monkeys, apes, chickens, goats, horses, turkeys and geese, ... Arkansaw traveler! ... Turning the tables! ... To conclude with the comic pantomime of Paul and Julia or Troubles in a kitchen. ... Miss Nellie Taylor, Philadelphia's favorite vocalist, is engaged, and will positively make her first appearance Monday, January 4th, 1864. Grand matinee every Saturday at half-past 2 o'clk for the accommodation of ladies and children. Admission, 10 and 15 cents Private boxes, $2.00. Single seats, 50 cents Doors open at quarter-before 7 o'clock. Commence quarter-before 8
- Description
- Performers include: Billy Boyd, Carrie Carson, Harry Enochs, Helene Smith, Tom Vance, Dave Williams, Ida Williams, Sammy Williams, and Billy Wright., "Card.--The management takes pleasure in informing his patrons, and the public generally, that the Bijou is next door to the Arch St. Theatre, easy of access, and the only place in the city entitled to the name. Gentlemen visiting here will find none of the difficulties pertaining to second floor and basement establishments. Our latch-strings are always out, and no pitfalls around the threshold.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Bijou Music Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Phi Bijou 1863 (26)5761.F.140a (McAllister)
- Title
- The fourth entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps, of the 28th Regiment, Penn'a Vol's, (Col. John W. Geary,) will be given in commemoration of Washington's birth-day, at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. on Saturday evening, February 22, 1862, (or if inclement, on the first fair evening) at six o'clock. ... The drama, in three acts, of Don Caesar de Bazan. ... The farce of Turning the tables. ... Ethiopian melange. ... Concluding with a grand national tableau vivante, by members of the corps. Introducing Vive l'America, by the band. The principal dresses used in Don Caesar de Bazan, have been kindly loaned the regiment by S. Samuels Sanford, Esq., of Sanford's Opera House, Philadelphia, to whom the corps is much indebted
- Description
- The 28th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in June 1861 and mustered out July 18, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 418, and F.H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 57., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 31.6 x 11.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Geary Thespian Corps
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Geary (2)5786.F.144a (McAllister)