The Orpheum Show – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The Orpheum Show, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Orpheum Show
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The Orpheum Show poster is distinctive for its billing of two performers, Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne, under the direction of Martin Beck, who would go on to build a major vaudeville circuit. Printed in 1900 by the U.S. Printing Company of Cincinnati and New York, the black-and-white lithograph carries the caption "Grasping an opportunity," a phrase that suits a period when vaudeville bills were rotating acts across a growing network of theaters. Posters like this one advertised the touring programs that made the Orpheum name familiar to audiences well beyond its home houses.
| Created / published | 1900 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 71 x 105 cm. |
| Notes | D10940 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1900 by The U.S. Printing Co. Russell-Morgan Print Cincinnati & New York. Direction Martin Beck; performers Will M. Cressy & Blanche Dayne. Caption: Grasping an opportunity. No. 4573. · Beck Martin 1868?-1940. Cressy Will M. (Will Martin) b. 1863. Dayne Blanche. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,998 × 2,056 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-273079 |
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