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Theater programs scrapbook

Call Number

1987.003

Date

1890-1895, inclusive

Creator

Extent

0.09 Linear Feet
in one folder.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

One scrapbook of programs, reviews, and notices for New York City and Brooklyn theatrical productions, icnluding newspaper clippings. Several Brooklyn Academy of Music and Florence Dramatic Society programs are included.

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single volume.

Scope and Contents

One scrapbook of programs, reviews, and notices for New York City and Brooklyn theatrical productions, icnluding newspaper clippings. Several Brooklyn Academy of Music and Florence Dramatic Society programs are included.

Other theaters include the Amphion, Criterion, Park Theatre, Lyceum, Madison Square (Garden), Proctor's, H.C. Miner's People's, Casino, Bedford Avenue Theatre, Herrmann's, Bijou, Daly's, 14th Street Theatre, Grand Opera House, Columbia, Standard, Palmer's, Theatre of Arts and Letters, Star, Empire, and Abbey's.

Organizations include the Caecilia Ladies' Vocal Society, Florence Dramatic Society, Brooklyn Choral Society, Amateur Opera Association of Brooklyn, College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, the Amaranth, and the Symphony Society of New York.

Other venues include the Lee Avenue Congregational Church, St. Chrysostom's Chapel, Brooklyn Tabernacle, Marcy Avenue Baptist Church, Lincoln Club, and the Metropolitan Opera House.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

The materials in this collection are in the public domain.

Preferred Citation

Theater programs scrapbook, 1890-1895, 1987.003; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Biblo Books, 1987.

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Collection processed by

Nicholas Pavlik

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Processing Information

This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2024.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Box: A0042 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

This finding aid does not include an online listing of contents.

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Brooklyn, NY 11201