Hoyts new A trip to Chinatown – Vintage Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Hoyts new A trip to Chinatown in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hoyts new A trip to Chinatown
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Three performers in a burlesque trio are the focus here, and the caption promises "glove contests brought up to date," one of the new and startling features of the season. The poster advertises a touring production of Charles Hale Hoyt's farce *A Trip to Chinatown*, which opened in 1890 and ran for more than 600 performances in New York, one of the longest runs of its era. Printed by the U.S. Printing Co.'s Russell-Morgan shop in Cincinnati and New York, this black-and-white lithograph shows the bold, crowded style of theatrical advertising at the turn of the century. Hoyt died in 1900, the year the poster was issued.
| Created / published | 1900 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 105 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1900 by The U.S. Printing Co. Russell-Morgan Print Cincinnati & New York. Direction of Fred E. Wright. Caption: Burlesque trio : glove contests brought up to date : one of the new & startling features offered in this seasons production of the new A trip to Chinatown. No. 4692. · Hoyt Charles Hale 1859-1900. Wright Fred E. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,076 × 3,035 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272328 |
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