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Lot 205
Sale 1314 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 15, 2024
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Live / Cincinnati
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$200 -
300
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$127
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Lot Description
A Printed Broadside Promoting the Performance of the 'Lancashire Lass' at Reed's Opera House
Ravenna, Ohio, Second Half 19th Century
letterpress on paper
includes a dramatic illustration of a scene from the play showcasing its "startling mechanical effects," along with a cast list and plot synopsis.
published by Akron Daily Beacon Printing, n.d., circa 1870s.
23 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.
The five-act play Lancashire Lass began its tour of Ohio in the late 1860s, running alongside other popular musical and theatrical acts in cities including Cincinnati, Canton, Troy, and Ravenna. Reed's Opera House was the first such venue in Portage County and was named for Probate Judge Cornelius A. Reed (1838-1929), who endowed its construction.
Property from the Robert and Nancy Treichler Collection of Ohio Stoneware and Americana, Tallmadge, Ohio