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European Heroics
East Coast Trading Centers
Romeo and Juliet
Announcement, The American Co. and the New Theatre, [Philadelphia], April 7, 1767
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Celebrated Lecture on Heads by Geo. Alexander Stevens
Illustration of performance held at the Feathers on Fleet Street, [London], September 21, 1765
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Contrast by Royall Tyler
Reproduction of program published by the author, 1790
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for The Grecian Daughter by Arthur Murray and the comic opera The Son-in-Law by Samuel Arnold (music) and John O'Keefe (lyrics)
The American Company at The New Theatre, Philadelphia, April 2, 1794
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Review of The West Indian by Richard Cumberland
Theatrics Critique, no. XXX1V [1794]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Lewis Hallam, Jr.
Reproduction of portrait, ca. 1790
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
William Dunlap and the second Park Theatre, New York, in 1830
Reproductions of engravings
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Maria Malibran
Reproduction of engraving by Augusta Cole, 1825
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
The New York Theatre on the Bowery
Reproduction of engraving by H. Forsette, ca. 1830
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
"Our Stage in the Eighteenth Century"
Article in The Spirit of the Times, December 23, 1876
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
"An Address on the Subject of Theatrical Amusements from the Monthly Meeting of Friends, held in New-York, to its Members"
New York: Press of Mahlon Day & Co., 1840
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
J. Finlayson
"Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of North America"
From: H. C. Carey and Isaac Lea, Complete . . . American Atlas (Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822)
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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Caribbean Ports
John Stevenson, "Thou Art Gone from Our Land"
New York: Published by the songwriter, 1827
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Alexander Lee, "Oh, Never Fall in Love"
New York: Published by the songwriter, 1827
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Clara Fisher
Farewell Address spoken by Miss Clara Fisher at her Benefit at the Park Theatre, New York, November 30, 1829, just prior to her departure for New Orleans
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Clara Fisher in the role of Mme. Josephine in The Actress for All Work
Engraving
London: T & T Foty, 1822
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Louisa Lane (Mrs. John Drew)
Engraved by Henry Wolf after a painting by Sully, 1864
Reproduced in Scribner's Magazine (November 1899) as an illustration for "Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew"
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
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Connecting to the Mississippi Circuit
Augusta Maywood as Zoloe in La Bayadère at the age of 12
Watercolor drawing by Edward Williams Clay for a later engraving by H. R. Robinson, New York, 1838
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Mary Ann Lee performing "La Smolenska"
Lithographed by B. W. Thayer & Co., 1842
Used as cover illustration for music published by Wm. H. Oakes, Boston
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
The Elssler Quadrilles
Lithography by Thos. Sinclair, 1840
Used as cover illustration for music published by John F. Nunns, New York, 1843
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Anon., "The Stop Waltz [as performed by] Mme. Saqui and the Mssrs. Saqui on the tight rope"
Philadelphia, ca. 1805
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
"Descent of Mme. Saqui"
Aquatint by Thos. Kelly, London, May 18, 1822
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Alphabet cards depicting "La Valse par M. Saqui"
Paris, 181-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family and Mme. Javelli
Niblo's Garden, New York, October 18, 1842
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Home Circle: An Amusement Gazette
Program for performances of Mazulme by Jas. S. Maffitt & W. H. Bartholomew with the [Charles] Ravel Family
Distributed at Theatre Royal, Montreal, week of October 2, 1843
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family with the Mlles. Franck
Howard Atheneum, Boston, June 17, 1854
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family and the Martinetti Family
Howard Atheneum, Boston, June 21, 1854
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family with Yrca Mathias
Niblo's Garden, New York, June 30, 1854
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Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family
Boston Theatre, November 26, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family
Boston Theatre, November 29, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family
Boston Theatre, December 10, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by the Ravel Family
Boston Theatre, December 15, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Marietta Ravel tour performances
Academy of Music, Pittsburgh, December 26, 1866
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
John Purdy
General Chart of the West-India Islands with the Adjacent Coasts of the Southern Continent, including the Bay of Yucatan or Honduras
London: R. H. Laurie, 1823
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Western-themed Melodrama
Edwin Forrest in five heroic roles
Engraving published in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Boston, 1856
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H. Knauff, "The Metamora Grand Waltz"
Philadelphia, 1830
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Portrait of Edwin Forrest
Cover illustration for "The Metamora Grand Waltz"
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Edwin Forrest in the title role of Metamora by John Augustus Stone
Engraving by T. Johnson after a photograph by Mathew Brady, ca. 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Clipping file [Forrest, Edwin]
Broadside for Edwin Forrest in Metamora, or The Last of the Wampanoags
Academy of Music, Boston, November 16, 1861
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for D. H. Harkins's tour of Metamora
Grand Opera House, St. Louis, September 25, 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Nick of the Woods, or The Jibbenainosay by L. H. [Louisa] Medina from Robert Montgomery Bird's novel
National Theater, Boston, September 18, 1843
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Nick of the Woods
Jenny Lind Theater, San Francisco, January 4, 1852
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Ben de Bar's performances of Nick of the Woods
St. Louis Theater, April 15, 1865
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Sallie St. Clair's tour of The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
Theatre Royal, [Charleston], August 23, 1858
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish, after the novel by James Fenimore Cooper
Sides and music cues
No production identified, ca. 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Mme. Celine Celeste in The Green Bushes
Hand-colored print: Lacy's Dramatic Costumes, plate 14
London: T. H. Lacy, 1865
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Carte-de-visite of Frank Mayo as "Davy Crockett"
Sarony, New York, [1881-82]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, J. H. James Collection
Broadside for Frank Mayo tour of Davy Crockett; or, Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead by Frank Murdock [1872]
California Theater, Los Angeles, November 13, 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
R. L. Tayleure's tour of Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler by Edw. Spencer and Clifton W. Tayleure
Flyer and complimentary pass, Chicago, 1883
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Carte-de-visite of Frank M. Wills & Jos. P. Conyers as Judge and Major in Kit…
Chicago: Robinson & Roe, ca. 1886
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Expanding the Circuit
Broadside for Complimentary Benefit performance for Mr. T. R. Hamm in Hamlet
Saint Joseph Theatre, April 25, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III
Obituary printed in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Boston, December 1, 1852
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III
Engraving from an etching by S. A. Schoff, used as an illustration in Louisa Lane Drew's memoirs, 1892
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Daguerreotype of Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth, ca. 1850
Booth-Grossman Family Papers, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Stage jewelry containing a photographic portrait of Junius Booth
Locket with chain worn by Edwin Booth in Hamlet, 1860-91
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Booth-Grossman Family Papers
James H. Hackett
Engraving, ca. 1840, used as an illustration in Hackett's memoirs, Notes and Commentaries upon Certain Plays and Actors of Shakespeare (New York: Carleton Publishers, 1863)
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Article about James H. Hackett
Harper's Weekly, January 20, 1872
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
James H. Hackett as Falstaff
Engraving by Johnston, Fry & Co., 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Prompt book for Edwin Forrest's production of Othello, 1846
Stage manager's annotations interleaved into the play-text of Othello (London: Hinds English Stage, 1838)
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, George Becks Bequest
Edwin Forrest as Othello
Watercolor sketch by William Wheatley, ca. 1847
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
William Wheatley
Self-portrait as Romeo
Watercolor sketch, ca. 1847
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Notice for Ben de Bar tour as Falstaff
Salt Lake Times: The Organ of Amusements, May 18, 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for the Edwin Forrest Theater
Sacramento, California, October 8, 1855
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Catherine Sinclair [Forrest] in The School for Scandal
with Charles K. Mason (as Jos. Surface) and Wm. Chippendale (as Sir Peter Teazle)
Engraving from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, Boston, April 24, 1852
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
On the Town
Kansas City, Missouri, [1855]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Opening night program for Virginia City, Nevada, Theater, July 2, 1863
Performances of Money by Edward Bulwer Lytton, starring Julia Dean Hayne
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Opera Glass
Dickson's Grand Opera House, Indianapolis, December 6-8, 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Footlight
Performances of Dot, Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel The Cricket on the Hearth
Piper's New Opera House, Virginia City, Nevada, October 26, 1878
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Pauline Markham in costume for The Black Crook
Sepia photograph from San Francisco: Houseworth's Celebrities, 186[6]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
"March d'Aika Amazonian" from The White Fawn
Lithographed cover for music published by Dodworth & Son, New York, 1868
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
The Play of the Period -- "The Blondes and their Abusers, dedicated to Miss Lydia Thompson [and her] troupe"
Distributed at the Chicago Opera House, [February] 1872
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Forty Thieves
Program cover, Olympic Theatre, [Olympia, Washington], week of September 22, 1879
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Lydia Thompson in costume
Stereopticon slides published by J. Gurney & Son, New York, ca. 1875
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, John H. James Collection
Lydia Thompson in costume for Ixion
Stereopticon slides published as "Portraits of Celebrities, New H Series"
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Carl Van Vechten Collection
"The circus is coming"
Harper's Weekly, October 4, 1873
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
J. Calvin Smith
Map of North America . . . with insert "Map of the Gold Region, California"
New York: J. Disturnell, 1851
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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Classical Music
Ole Bull
Illustration from daguerreotype, ca. 1852, reproduced in "Masters of the
Violin" series, The Mentor Association, 1916
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
"The reception of Ole Bull … by the Norwegians, at Madison, Wisconsin [1866]"
Illustration and article from unidentified newspaper
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Sigismund Thalberg
Illustration "ambrotyped by [Mathew] Brady," ca. 1856
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
The Thalberg Concert Book and Piano-Forte Album
New York: Wardle Corbyn of Niblo's Garden, 1856
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Jenny Lind
Promotional newspaper, Boston: F. Gleason, Museum Building, Tremont St., [184-]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Piano variations on George F. Root's song "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (sketches)
Music manuscript in ink, 1852-62
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "Home, Sweet Home" (sketches)
Music manuscript in pencil, 1862
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Notes of a Pianist during his professional tours in the United States, Canada, the Antilles and South America …
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "Choicest Compositions"
Illustrated cover for posthumous series of music published by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
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Anti-Slavery and Abolitionist Songs
Broadside for concert by the Hutchinson Family
Horticultural Hall, West Chester, [Pa.], February 24, 1852
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Asa B. Hutchinson, Book of Words of the Hutchinson Family
New York: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1851
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Abby Hutchinson, "Hannah's at the Window Binding Shoes"
Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1859
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Abby Hutchinson, "Kind Words Can Never Die"
Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1855
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Asa B. Hutchinson, "Recollections of Home"
Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1846
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Hutchinson Family, "Axes to Grind"
New York: Firth & Hall, 1843
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
James Barnett Taylor, "We Are Happy and Free"
New York: Firth & Hall, 1843
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Poster for a concert by the Hutchinson Family
Horticultural Hall, West Chester, [Pa.], May 25, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Judson I. Hutchinson (music) and "Mrs. North" [Caroline E. S. Norton] (lyrics), "Bingen on the Rhine"
Cleveland: S. Brainard & Sons, 1850
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
William Wells Brown, The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs
for Anti-Slavery Meetings
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1851
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Geo. Washington Clark, The Liberty Minstrel…
New York: Self-published, 1852
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Geo. Washington Clark, The Harp of Freedom…
New York: John J. Reed, 1856
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Broadside for Dred; or The Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Boston Museum, March 5, 1857
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (music) and Lucy Lovell (lyrics), "Little Joe, the Contraband"
New York: Horace Waters, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (music) and Mrs. M. A. Kidder (lyrics), "Dey Said We Wouldn't Fight"
New York: Horace Waters, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (music) and Rev. Geo. Lansing Taylor (lyrics), "No Slave Beneath That Starry Flag"
New York: Horace Waters, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Back cover of sheet music for Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst, "Our Dear New England Boys"
New York: Horace Waters, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (music) and A.J.H. Duganne (lyrics), "Richmond Is Ours"
New York: Horace Waters, 1865
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (music) and Rev. A.K. Burnett (lyrics), "The Soldier's Dying Farewell"
New York: Horace Waters, 1864
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
E[dwin} Hergesheimer
Map Showing the Distribution of the Slave Population of the Southern States of the United States, from the Census of 1860
Washington, D.C.: Census Office, 1861
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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Railroads and the Theater -- Construction and Management
Promotional card for Davy Crockett
Grand Opera House, Stillwater, Minnesota, May 11, 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional card
Grand Opera House, Stillwater, Minnestota, March 10, 1883
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Frank Mayo's tour of Davy Crockett
Whitney Opera House, Chicago, week of August 2, 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Haymarket Theatre Souvenir
Chicago, Christmas season, 1887
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Haymarket [Theatre] Annual
Chicago, Christmas season, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The Haymarket [Theatre] Annual
Chicago, Christmas season, 1889
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for McKee Rankin's tour of '49 by Joaquin Miller and Leonard Grover
Opera House, Cleveland, February 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for English's Opera House, Indianapolis, December 8, 1894
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Souvenir program for Lyceum Theatre, Detroit
First anniversary, November 18, 1896
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for McKee Rankin's production of Wrecked; or Americans at Sea
Rankin's Theatre, St. Louis, March 5, 1872
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Kit Carson, The Trapper King by F. G. Maeder
Hamilton Opera House, Wheeling, West Virginia, November 4, 1874
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Card program for McKee Rankin's tour of The Danites by Joaquin Miller
Good's Opera House, Chicago, ca. 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Tabloid supplementary synopsis for Rankin's tour of The Danites
For distribution on tour, 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for the Adams Co. tour of The Danites
Grand opening, Hurd's Opera House, Boscobel, Wisconsin, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Hawaiian Opera House, Honolulu
Week of November 10, 1898
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for opening of The Alhambra Theater, San Francisco
Week of September 3, 1898
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Cordray's Musee and Theatre, Portland, Oregon
Mechanical for advertisement in a theatrical trade newspaper, ca. 1878
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Overholser's Opera House, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory
Promotional postcard aimed at theatrical managers, ca. 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Niles Opera House, Niles, Michigan
Galley page for listing in theatrical trade directory, ca. 1880
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Mozart Hall, East Liverpool, Ohio
Strip of letterhead stationery, October 25, 1886
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Cahn's Winter Garden, Evansville, Indiana
Handwritten program for vaudeville performance, January 9, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Eden Musee, Omaha
Handwritten program for vaudeville performance, week beginning April 15, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Eden Musee, St. Joseph, Missouri
Handwritten program for vaudeville performance, week beginning April 22, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Wonderland Musee Theatre, Detroit
Strip of letterhead stationery, M. S. Robinson, Manager, August 8, 188-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Wonderland Musee Theatre, Detroit
Strip of letterhead stationery addressed to Gaiety Theater, Buffalo, November 23, 1890
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Pope's Theatre St. Louis
Program for February 29, 1892
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Contract information card
Frank Mayo Co., 189-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Prospect Ball, Tammany Hall, Grand Masquerade
Lithograph, Moffatt & Hollaman, New York, possibly used as a centerfold for a souvenir program, New York, February 9, [1888]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Letterhead from Haverly's Theatre Programme for The Galley Slave
December 1, 1879
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Cartoon of J. H. Haverly with toy theaters
Unidentified newspaper, April 12, 1879
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Advertisement for Haverly's American-European Minstrels
Midwestern tour, Fall, 187-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Advertisement for J. H. Haverly's Enterprises
In New York Clipper, December 24, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Adah Isaacs Menken
Cartes-de-visite by Naoleon Sarony, New York, 1866
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Adah Isaacs Menken in costume for Mazeppa
Carte-de-visite, Paris, 1866
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Adah Isaacs Menken with Alexandre Dumas
Carte-de-visite, Paris, 1866
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska in the title role of Sappho
Carte-de-visite by Sarony, New York, n.d., sold by John Hoch Art Store, Boston
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska as Rosalind in As You Like It
Carte-de-visite by Mora, New York, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska
Tinted carte-de-visite by Continent Stereoscopic, New York, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Townsend Walsh Collection
Helena Modjeska
Carte-de-visite by Falk, New York, 1889, distributed "compliments of N.Y. Dramatic Mirror Automatic Photograph Co."
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska in the title role of Magda
Carte-de-visite by Aime Dupont, New York, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska as Portia
Illustration reproducing an uncredited photograph
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska as Camille
Carte-de-visite by Gilbert & Bacon, Philadelphia, 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska
Carte-de-visite by Notman, Boston, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Bequest of Evert Wendell
Helena Modjeska as Constance in King John
Carte-de-visite by Bakers Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Helena Modjeska as Rosalind
Carte-de-visite by Wm. Morrison, Haymarket Theater, Chicago, 1893
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Townsend Walsh Collection
Helena Modjeska in costume for Nadjezda by Maurice Barrymore
Carte-de-visite by Houseworth's Celebtrities, San Francisco, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, John H. James Collection
Helena Modjeska
Photograph by Schumacher, Los Angeles, [1895]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
T. Sinclair & Son
Map of the United States showing the Acquisition of National and Public Domain from States in the Union by Cession and through Purchases from Foreign Nations together with its Present Location in States and Territories, 1776-1880
Philadelphia, 1880
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Public Education
Catalogue for Citizens' Lyceum
1874-75 season
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Illustrated flyer for Helen Potter
Danville Opera House, Ohio, January 1, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Flyer for Wendell Phillips's lecture "The Lost Arts"
Bowdoin Square Church, May 10, 1876
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Williams' Lecture Bureau Magazine
1878-79 season
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Envelope, letter, and letterhead for James B. Pond [agency], 1884-85
Letter to Mrs. Chas. Watson, October 30, 1884
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Flyer for the "Mark Twain"--Geo. W. Cable Readings
Chickering Hall, New York, November 18-19, 1884
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for readings by Opie Read, Nixon Waterman, and Charles Eugene Banks
Burtis Opera House, Davenport, Iowa, January 16, 1895
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Flyer for readings by J. Jay Villers
Hawley, Pa., January 7, 1876
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for lecture on "Lands Sacred & Classic" by George R. Gliddon
Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, September 23, 1850
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional brochure for Winnifred Harper Cooley's illustrated lecture series, ca. 1893
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Press notices of lectures by Rev. Jesse Bowman Young
Central Lecture Agency, 187-
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Zouave military exhibition performance
Court House, Indianola, Iowa, March 11, 1871
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for lecture by Mrs. Ann Eliza Young
Mercantile Library Hall, San Francisco, October 8-9, 1874
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Literary Society concert
Thrall's Opera House, New Harmony, Indiana, March 20, 1894
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
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Railroads and the Theater -- Actors and Audiences
Bill for John Stetson's Mamouth Novelty Company at the Pittsburgh Academy of Music, June 1-4, 1874
In The Pittsburgh Illustrated
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
John Stetson's company from the Howard Athenaeum, Boston
Tour program, Adelphi Theatre, Chicago, 187[3]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional articles about Jas. S. Maffitt and W. H. Bartholomew
The Pittsburgh Illustrated, [June 1874]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Jay Rial's Ideal Uncle Tom's Cabin
Promotional tour postcards distributed by Haverly's California Theater, San Francisco, 1882-83
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program page for Jay Rial's Ideal Uncle Tom's Cabin
Grand Opera House, Chicago, June 6, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Players Collection
"Louise Rial in … Fortune's Fool"
Handwriten salary list and royalty statement on letterhead, Texas tour, [1887]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional flyer for [Maurice] Barrymore and [F. B.] Warde company performances in Sardou's Diplomacy
Olympic Theatre, St. Louis, 1878-79 season
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Maurice Barrymore in street clothes
Engraving from photograph in The Illustrated American, June 1892
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Maurice Barrymore
Newsprint reproduction of photograph, ca. 1878
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for F. B. Warde's tour listing repertory
Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, week of September 5, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional brochure for Frederick Warde
Metropolitan Opera House, Minneapolis, week of March 2, [1886]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Frederick Warde
In The Marie Burroughs Art Portfolio of Stage Celebrities
Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Co., 1894
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Article about Chas. Erin Verner
The Profession, ca. 1876
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Eviction by Hubert O'Grady
Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, week of September 12, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for tour of Castle Garden, a Tale of Life in America by F. G. Maeder
Adelphi Theater, Chicago, [1874]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for Tommaso Salvini's 1881 tour
Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, March 16-19, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Othello
Parallel text edition for Tommaso Salvini's Farewell American Tour, Fall 1889
New York: Charles D. Koppel, 1889
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, George Becks Bequest
Article about Adelaide Ristori
Harper's Weekly, September 29, 1866
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Adelaide Ristori as Medea
Engraving published in Beauties and Celebrities of the Stage, 1875
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Marie Antoinette by Paolo Giacometti
Parallel text edition for Adelaide Ristori tour
New York: Metropolitan Print, 1875
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Hazel Kirke by Steele MacKaye
Silhouette illustration in souvenir program from the Madison Square Theatre, New York, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
"Faces and scenes from Hazel Kirke …by James E. Kelly" (illustrations from Act III of Dunstan [C. W. Couldock] and Hazel [Effie Ellsler])
Published and distributed by the Madison Square Theatre, New York, for the 250th performance, 1880
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Hazel Kirke
Postcard of Effie Ellsler in Jules Murry revival, 1886
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Hazel Kirke
Tour program, Park Opera House, Grand Junction, Colorado, April 17, 1893
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Hazel Kirke
Tour program, McVicker's Theater, Chicago, December 26, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Hazel Kirke
Tour program, Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, April 2, 1883
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Joseph Jefferson as "young Rip" in Rip Van Winkle
Engraved by H. Davidson from Sarony photographs
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Joseph Jefferson as "old Rip" in Rip Van Winkle
Engraved by T. Johnson from photograph by Walker & Sons
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Broadside for Rip Van Winkle tour (McKee Rankin Co.)
Aiken's Theatre, Chicago, March 31, [1872/3]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Program file [Rip Van Winkle]
James H. Hackett in Rip Van Winkle
Engraved by Hollis from daguerreotype by Mayall for Toller's (?) Drawing Room Table Book of Theatrical Portraits, Memoirs and Anecdotes
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
George F. Cram Company
"Cram's New Pictorial and Railroad Map of the United States and Territories," © 1884
From: Standard American Atlas of the United States (Chicago, [1885])
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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Opera and Ballet
Program for Emma Abbott Grand English Opera Troupe
Leubrie's Theatre, Memphis, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Wagner-Meyerbeer Opera Festival
De Bar's Grand Opera House, St. Louis, January 7, 1878
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for the Strakosch Grand Italian Opera tour of Norma
De Bar's Grand Opera House, St. Louis, November 6, 1882
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Lucia di Lammermoor
Libretto promoting the 1881-82 tour of the Adelina Patti opera company
New York and London: Samuel French & Son, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
Cartoon by F. Opper about Italian opera published in Puck (New York) [1885-86], Mayer Merkel & Ottman, Lith.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Music Division
Promotional flyer for Camilla Urso's Concert Company
Engraving, possibly from program cover, n.d.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
Program for Gilbert & Sullivan season
Tivoli Garden, San Francisco, week of August 18, 1879
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Patience
Performed by Emelie Melville Opera Company, at Haverly's Theatre, Chicago, December 19, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for The Gondoliers
Grand Opera House, Cincinnati, March 31, 1890
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Don Juan; or, The Byron Scandal Revised and Corrected, a burlesque by Robert Craig
Boston Museum, July 5, 1870
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Haverly's Original European Mastodon Minstrels
Globe Theater, Boston, week before April 4, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Haverly's Original European Mastodon Minstrels
The Olympic Lorgnette Theatre, St. Louis, May 2, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Henry Gannett
United States Contour Map
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, [1890]
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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Shakespeare Regnat
"Thoughts of Prominent Men regarding Margaret Mather"
Promotional brochure for Margaret Mather's tour, 1882-83
J. M. Hill Management; distributed at McVicker's Theatre, Chicago
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional brochure for Margaret Mather's tour, 1883-84
J. M. Hill Management; distributed at McVicker's Theatre, Chicago
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Souvenir program for the Henry Irving and Ellen Terry 1899-1900 tour
Grand Opera House, Cincinnati, week of April 9, 1900
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
"American Tour of Mr. Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and the Lyceum Company"
Promotional material
September 30, 1884-December 6, 1884, ending at the Star Theatre, New York
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Irving-Terry Tour Correspondence
Sailing schedule, 1884, for White Star Line, New York, and Ismay, Imrie and Co, Ltd., Liverpool and London
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Irving-Terry Tour Correspondence
Letterhead for Fifth American Tour, September 1895 to May 1896
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Irving-Terry Tour Correspondence
Hamlet
Program mounted with cartes-de-visite of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett
Grand Opera House, Los Angeles, February 28, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
Prompt book for Julius Caesar as performed by E. L. Davenport (as Brutus) and Lawrence Barrett (as Cassius), March 27, 1876
George Becks's annotations interleaved into play-text of Julius Caesar(New York: Modern Standard Drama)
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, George Becks Bequest
Promotional card for Edwin Booth and Mme. Helena Modjeska, September 30, 1889-April 19, 1890 tour
Distributed at Powers' Opera House, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Booth-Grossman Family Papers
"Principal Numbers of the Music used in Mr. Booth's Plays, arranged for pianoforte by Mr. J. C. Bartlett"
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Booth-Grossman Family Papers
Cartes-de-visite of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett
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European Heroics
Promotional card for Mrs. D. B. Bowers's tour, 1886-87 season
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Flyer promoting Bowers's tour of Lady Audley's Secret by John Brougham after Miss Braddon's novel
Smith's Opera House, Decatur, Illinois, November 25, 1878
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Mrs. D. P. Bowers in Elizabeth, Queen of England, III, iv, by Paolo Giacometti
Gravure and copyright: Gebbie & Husson Co., Inc., 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
Promotional brochure for Margaret Mather's tour of The Hunchback by James Sheridan Knowles
J. M. Hill Management; distributed at McVicker's Theatre, Chicago, week of September 3, 1883
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Fanny Davenport's tour of Tosca by Victorien Sardou
The New Baldwin Theater, San Francisco, May 28, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Fanny Davenport's tour of Fedora, Tosca and Cleopatra by Victorien Sardou
Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, February 25, 1889
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
"Fanny Davenport, September 26, 1898"
Memorial souvenir
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for week of performances by Mary Gladstane, Lawrence Barrett, and John McCullough
California Theatre, San Francisco, May 4, 1869
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Mary Gladstane in Elizabeth, Queen of England by Paolo Giacometti
Uncredited engraving, May 8, 1875
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Robinson Locke Collection
Tabloid synopsis of Ingomar by Nathan D. Urner
Published as a serial for Mary Anderson's tour of the play
New York: Street & Smith, [1887]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Alessandro Salvini's repertory tour
Globe Theatre, St. Louis, April 18-30, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program ad announcing Robert Downing's tour of The Gladiator by Robert Montgomery Bird
Boyd's Theater, Omaha, September 29, 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Partial broadside for E. L. Davenport's tour of Richelieu by Edward Bulwer Lytton
Unidentified theater, Salt Lake City, August 27, 1868
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
"Booth's Richelieu Reviewed"
Promotional pamphlet by John S. Moray, reprinted from The Season, January 14, 1871
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
E. L. Davenport as Sir Giles Overreach in A New Way to Pay Old Debts, IV, ii
Gravure and copyright: Gebbie & Co., 1888
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
John Drew as Chas. Surface in The School for Scandal
Photo-gravure & Color Co., New York, 187-, from Sarony photograph
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
Program for D. H. Harkins and John W. Norton's tour
Grand Opera House, St. Louis, weeks of September 24 and October 1, 1877
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Lawrence Barrett's tour of Richelieu by Edward Bulwer Lytton
Pope's Theatre, St. Louis, week of September 23, 1879
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Card souvenir program for Lawrence Barrett's tour of Richelieu
Greene's Opera House, [Chicago], August 24, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Program for Walker Whiteside's tour of Richelieu
Schiller Theatre, Chicago, week of January 29, 1894
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional card for Edwin Booth's tour of Richelieu
Grand Opera House, Dayton, Ohio, May 6, 1887
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Property plot for Frank Mayo's Royal Guard Co.
Provided to theaters, 1884-87
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for J. W. Booth's performances of The Corsican Brothers
Boston Museum, February 11, 1863
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
The last scene of The Corsican Brothers
Engraving from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, January 15, 1853
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Stead Collection
Broadside for William Wheatley and Charles Pope's tour of The Corsican Brothers
Niblo's Garden, New York, April 26, 1865
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Broadside for performances by Mary Gladstane of The Corsican Brothers
St. Charles Theatre, St. Louis, week of January 30, 1870
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Promotional brochures for James O'Neill's The Count of Monte Cristo tours
The Currier Lithography Co., Buffalo, [1882-]
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Players Collection
Property plot for James O'Neill's tour of The Count of Monte Cristo
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
James K. Hackett in The Prisoner of Zenda
Photograph by Sarony and visiting card, 1895
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Duplicate Iconography file
"United States Railroad Map," © 1889
From: The Scribner-Black Atlas of the World
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, © 1890; 1901 ed.
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Map Division
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