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(MUSIC.) STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.
Marston’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Company.
Poster, 11-7/8x18 inches; creases where folded, small tear at the left blank
margin; printed on green paper which has slightly faded at the edges.
Np, circa 1923
[400/600]
A very complex and attractive poster incorporating five engraved vignettes and a variety if type fonts.
Similar to a poster in the Library of Congress’ collection, tentatively dated 1923. So great was the
influence of Stowe’s anti-slavery classic, that touring companies continued well into the 20th century.
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(MUSIC.) STOWE, HARRIET
BEECHER.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Cloth-backed brown velvet banner-like
sign, with appliqué green lettering,
bottom of the piece cut in the shape of
an “M” with delicate pendant tasseling,
mounted on an iron rod.
Kansas City, MO: Baker-Lockwood Co.,
circa 1895-1910
[1,500/2,500]
A beautiful banner for a traveling company,
probably meant to be hung outside the theatre.
We have tentatively dated the present banner
by the active dates of the company that made
it and the materials used to make it. The
Baker-Lockwood Company was founded in
Chicago in 1847, but after the great fire of
1871, moved to Kansas City.
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