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I've spent the last hour browsing through an archive of nineteenth-century theatre posters, and now I want to cover my office walls with them. They're magnificent!
(c.1890s)
(c.1890s)
Here's a link to the site I'm using to browse them — it's mostly pulling content from the Library of Congress collection. https://picryl.com/search?page=1&q=%23posters%2Bperforming%2Barts%2Bposters
Honestly, those conspiracy theories about lefty humanities academics using their research to push an anti-government agenda are TOTALLY UNFOUNDED.
I fear this poster might be writing cheques that the play can't cash...
(1898)
(1898)
Nearly a century before Arnold @Schwarzenegger mastered the art of the action-comedy one-liner, there was...
(1898)
(1898)
This poster has a charmingly awkward energy — as if the artist arrived while Mr White and Nero (I assume that's the big dog's name) were in the middle of a tiff.
Great caption at the bottom of this one though!
(1899)
Great caption at the bottom of this one though!
(1899)
Tons of thrilling melodrama on show here, but I can't help thinking that the play's title might not *quite* do it justice. Were they sponsored by Levi's or something?! (1899)
It's been a while since I heard the tale of Humpty Dumpty, but did I pass out as a kid and miss a few thousand verses?!
(1899)
(1899)
I'm particularly enjoying some of the posters for vaudeville comedians — what a catchphrase!
(1905)
(1905)
Now THAT'S entertainment!
(c.1863)
(c.1863)
This poster for the magician Harry Kellar went through some interesting revisions between 1897 (left) and 1898 (right).
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: there aren't enough hot air balloon knife fights in 21st-century culture. Unrivaled drama!
(1899)
(1899)
