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- Trade Card for Upcoming Performances of "The Jolly Bachelors," John A. Stevens' Comic Opera Co., 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
- 1880-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Upcoming Performances of "The Jolly Bachelors," John A. Stevens' Comic Opera Co., 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.