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The big farce comedy, Hello Bill a whole lot of fun - in 3 hours.

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Caption: Bunch of big bills: Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!

Created and "copyright 1900, by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y."

No. 7851.

Some pieces of poster missing.

Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

American Comedy Theatrical Posters

The collection includes posters advertising individual plays and operettas, burlesque, vaudeville, and specialty acts, dance companies, extravaganzas produced by the Kiralfy Brothers, portraits of entertainers, and stock posters. Featured performers include Julia Arthur, De Wolfe Hopper, Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co., Thomas W. Keene, Andrew Mack, Robert B. Mantell, Mathews & Bulger, Lewis Morrison, Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Co., Royal Lilliputians, and Jennie Yeamans. Directors, managers, and producers include Edward J. Abraham, Blaney, and Vance, William A. Brady, Sidney R. Ellis, W.J. Fielding, Charles Frohman, Hoyt & McKee, the Kiralfy Brothers, Jacob Litt, Rice & Burton, Rich & Harris, A.Q. Scammon, Sam S. Schubert, Thall & Kennedy, Fred E. Wright, Charles H. Yale, and others. Playwrights include David Belasco, George H. Broadhurst, Bartley Campbell, Charles Turner Dazey, Gilbert & Sullivan, William Gillette, Seymour Hicks, David Higgins, Bronson Howard, Cecil Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Sutton Vane, and others. Plays include such popular titles as Arizona, At Piney Ridge, By the sad sea waves, Devil's auction, Evangeline, Faust, Female drummer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The hidden hand, The last of the Rohans, Ole Olson, The Queen of Chinatown, Shenandoah, Siberia, The sporting life, Uncle Tom's cabin, Venice, The war of wealth, Way down East, Yon Yonson, and others. Images depicted include scenes from plays, portraits of performers, and performers performing. Featured entertainers are not always depicted in the image. Some posters are mainly textual with peripheral images.

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comedies faces jack in the boxes names lithographs color theatrical posters american farce comedy farce comedy bill lot fun hours poster art posters prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 hc miner litho co ultra high resolution high resolution new york performing arts posters vintage advertisement advertisements vaudeville shows music performing arts free art posters library of congress vintage ads
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01/01/1900
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H.C. Miner Litho. Co.
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Theatrical Posters: Comedy

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comedies faces jack in the boxes names lithographs color theatrical posters american farce comedy farce comedy bill lot fun hours poster art posters prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 hc miner litho co ultra high resolution high resolution new york performing arts posters vintage advertisement advertisements vaudeville shows music performing arts free art posters library of congress vintage ads