Cumberland '61 theatre poster, My Life Is Yours – Antique Poster Print
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This vintage poster of Cumberland '61 theatre poster, My Life Is Yours brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cumberland '61 theatre poster, My Life Is Yours
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Few things capture the entertainments of the early 1860s as directly as this theater poster, which advertises a production called *My Life Is Yours* under the heading "Cumberland '61." Playbills like this one were printed to draw audiences to a single engagement, so their wording, type and layout reveal as much about local tastes and printing methods as about the play itself. theater remained a popular pastime in American towns as the nation moved toward and into civil war in 1861, and posters such as this show how ordinary communities kept their amusements going during those years. The lettering and any performers named on the sheet offer a glimpse of public life carrying on alongside the conflict.
| Original scan | 1,921 × 2,822 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1211u |
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