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- "Julian Eltinge at the GRAND this Week," 1911 - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
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"Julian Eltinge at the GRAND this Week," 1911
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911 -
- January 14, 1911
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Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911
- Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890 - The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- circa 1890
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Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1890
The first Detroit Opera House stands behind a horse-drawn streetcar at Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Electric streetcar lines (note the wires strung above the streets) coexisted with horsecars in turn-of-the-ninteenth-century Detroit.
- "Julian Eltinge Next Week," January 1911 - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
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"Julian Eltinge Next Week," January 1911
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890 - Streetcars and pedestrians travel through Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system. The tall French Renaissance building behind them is the first Detroit Opera House.
- circa 1890
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Street scene showing Detroit Opera House, circa 1890
Streetcars and pedestrians travel through Campus Martius, a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system. The tall French Renaissance building behind them is the first Detroit Opera House.
- Grand Opera House Program for the Week Beginning January 9, 1911, "Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow" - Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- <em>The Fascinating Widow</em> -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- January 01, 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Grand Opera House Program for the Week Beginning January 9, 1911, "Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow"
Vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge was the most famous and highly paid female impersonator of the early 20th century. He embodied gaudy elegance, wore glamourous gowns, and perfected female mannerisms. His most well-known show -- The Fascinating Widow -- opened on Broadway in 1910. He would go on to appear in several Hollywood films, in addition to his continued stage performances.
- Trade Card Advertising a Social Dance, Letcher's Opera House, Fayette, Ohio, 1880 - 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.
- October 15, 1880
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Trade Card Advertising a Social Dance, Letcher's Opera House, Fayette, Ohio, 1880
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.
- Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895 - The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in front of the first Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius--a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of the city's coordinate street system. Fundraising for the commemorative civic sculpture began after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and the completed monument was unveiled in 1872.
- circa 1895
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Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1895
The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument stands in front of the first Detroit Opera House at Campus Martius--a former military training ground that became the "point of origin" of the city's coordinate street system. Fundraising for the commemorative civic sculpture began after the end of the Civil War in 1865, and the completed monument was unveiled in 1872.
- View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892 - This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- 1883-1892
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View of Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan, 1883-1892
This is an aerial view of Campus Martius, the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate street system and site of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The structures resembling tall oil derricks are municipal lighting towers. Fitted with powerful electric arc lamps, these "moonlight towers" illuminated city streets at night. They were replaced by incandescent streetlamps in the 1910s.
- Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy, Italian Libretto, 1915-1916 -
- 1915-1916
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Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy, Italian Libretto, 1915-1916