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Pioneer western playbills

Work
Publication
Extent
12 pamphlets
Note
  • "Number fourteen in the series of keepsakes issued to the Book Club of California, consists of facsimiles [laid in] of twelve important early western theatre programs ... The accompanying texts are written by various authorities. The facsimiles and folders have been printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy at the Westgate Press, Oakland in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty copies"--Colophon
  • Issued in slipcase
Contents
  • No. 1. A performance of Camille with Julia Dean Hayne / Frank L. Fenton
  • no. 2. A performance of Mazeppa with Adah Isaacs Menken / Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • no. 3. The grand opening of the California Theater, San Francisco, January 18, 1869 / Oscar Lewis
  • no. 4. The appearance of Lotta in Little Nell and the marchioness / Donald C. Biggs
  • no. 5. The appearance of Laura Keene in London assurance / Eleanor McClatchy
  • no. 6. A performance of As you like it with Annette Ince and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. / Margery Bailey
  • no. 7. A performance at Topliffe's Theater, Virginia City, Nevada, September 22, 1862 / William C. Miller
  • no. 8. The first American performance of La boheme at the "New" Los Angeles Theater, Los Angeles, October, 1897 / Howard Swan
  • no. 9. The first dramatic presentation in San Francisco, The wife, a tale of Mantua / Robert O'Brien
  • no. 10. The first performance on the Pacific coast of H.M.S. Pinafore with Alice Oates / Reginald Allen
  • no. 11. Farewell complimentary testimonial to Stephen Massett "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville" / Innis Bromfield
  • no. 12. The appearance of Lola Montez at the American Theater, San Francisco, June 2, 1853 / Robert Hunt
Instance
Label
Pioneer western playbills
Title
Pioneer western playbills
Creator
Contributor
Author
Editor
Printer
Subject
Language
eng
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Member of
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
792
Index
no index present
LC call number
PN2273.W4
LC item number
B6
Literary form
non fiction
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Book Club of California
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1882-1954
  • 1893-1992
  • 1927-
  • 1895-1980
  • 1906-1995
  • 1911-2004
  • 1891-1963
  • 1900-1980
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  • Fenton, Frank L.
  • Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
  • Lewis, Oscar
  • Biggs, Donald C.
  • McClatchy, Eleanor
  • Swan, Howard
  • O'Brien, Robert
  • Allen, Reginald
  • Bailey, Margery
  • Miller, William C.
  • Bromfield, Innis
  • Kennedy, Alfred
  • Kennedy, Lawton
  • Westgate Press
Series statement
Book Club of California. Keepsake series
Series volume
1978
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  • Playbills
  • Theater
Label
Pioneer western playbills
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Number fourteen in the series of keepsakes issued to the Book Club of California, consists of facsimiles [laid in] of twelve important early western theatre programs ... The accompanying texts are written by various authorities. The facsimiles and folders have been printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy at the Westgate Press, Oakland in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty copies"--Colophon
  • Issued in slipcase
Bar code
  • 31223901542580
  • 31223902351940
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
No. 1. A performance of Camille with Julia Dean Hayne / Frank L. Fenton -- no. 2. A performance of Mazeppa with Adah Isaacs Menken / Ruth Comfort Mitchell -- no. 3. The grand opening of the California Theater, San Francisco, January 18, 1869 / Oscar Lewis -- no. 4. The appearance of Lotta in Little Nell and the marchioness / Donald C. Biggs -- no. 5. The appearance of Laura Keene in London assurance / Eleanor McClatchy -- no. 6. A performance of As you like it with Annette Ince and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. / Margery Bailey -- no. 7. A performance at Topliffe's Theater, Virginia City, Nevada, September 22, 1862 / William C. Miller -- no. 8. The first American performance of La boheme at the "New" Los Angeles Theater, Los Angeles, October, 1897 / Howard Swan -- no. 9. The first dramatic presentation in San Francisco, The wife, a tale of Mantua / Robert O'Brien -- no. 10. The first performance on the Pacific coast of H.M.S. Pinafore with Alice Oates / Reginald Allen -- no. 11. Farewell complimentary testimonial to Stephen Massett "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville" / Innis Bromfield -- no. 12. The appearance of Lola Montez at the American Theater, San Francisco, June 2, 1853 / Robert Hunt
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
12 pamphlets
Lccn
52023907
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • San Francisco History Center copy includes suplicatte of nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11.
  • Special Collections copy shelved with Book Club of California keepsakes.
  • Special Collections copy publisher's ephemera in envelope.
Other physical details
facsimiles
System control number
2908 22 263
Label
Pioneer western playbills
Publication
Note
  • "Number fourteen in the series of keepsakes issued to the Book Club of California, consists of facsimiles [laid in] of twelve important early western theatre programs ... The accompanying texts are written by various authorities. The facsimiles and folders have been printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy at the Westgate Press, Oakland in an edition limited to eight hundred and fifty copies"--Colophon
  • Issued in slipcase
Bar code
  • 31223901542580
  • 31223902351940
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
No. 1. A performance of Camille with Julia Dean Hayne / Frank L. Fenton -- no. 2. A performance of Mazeppa with Adah Isaacs Menken / Ruth Comfort Mitchell -- no. 3. The grand opening of the California Theater, San Francisco, January 18, 1869 / Oscar Lewis -- no. 4. The appearance of Lotta in Little Nell and the marchioness / Donald C. Biggs -- no. 5. The appearance of Laura Keene in London assurance / Eleanor McClatchy -- no. 6. A performance of As you like it with Annette Ince and Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. / Margery Bailey -- no. 7. A performance at Topliffe's Theater, Virginia City, Nevada, September 22, 1862 / William C. Miller -- no. 8. The first American performance of La boheme at the "New" Los Angeles Theater, Los Angeles, October, 1897 / Howard Swan -- no. 9. The first dramatic presentation in San Francisco, The wife, a tale of Mantua / Robert O'Brien -- no. 10. The first performance on the Pacific coast of H.M.S. Pinafore with Alice Oates / Reginald Allen -- no. 11. Farewell complimentary testimonial to Stephen Massett "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville" / Innis Bromfield -- no. 12. The appearance of Lola Montez at the American Theater, San Francisco, June 2, 1853 / Robert Hunt
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
12 pamphlets
Lccn
52023907
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • San Francisco History Center copy includes suplicatte of nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11.
  • Special Collections copy shelved with Book Club of California keepsakes.
  • Special Collections copy publisher's ephemera in envelope.
Other physical details
facsimiles
System control number
2908 22 263

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