Hoyts A contented woman – Antique Poster 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 vintage poster of Hoyts A contented woman brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoyts A contented woman
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The caption places this lithograph on the night before an election, when a city committee serenades the voters it still hopes to win over, and the crowd and wagon bring that street-level politics onto the poster. Printed in 1899 by the Russell-Morgan firm of Cincinnati, a center of American theatrical lithography, it advertises Charles Hale Hoyt's *A Contented Woman*, one of the topical farces Hoyt wrote to poke fun at public life. Viewers may also notice the subject heading on African American performance, a reminder that stage comedy of the period often leaned on caricature.
| Created / published | 1899 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 73 x 106 cm. |
| Notes | 27574 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Company. Cin. U.S.A. Russell-Morgan Print. Direction of Fred E. Wright. Caption: The night before election: the city committee serenading the doubtful voters. No. 3836. · Hoyt Charles Hale 1859-1900. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Subjects | Carts & wagons. Political parades & rallies. Singing. Political elections. Crowds. African Americans--Performances & portrayals. Musical revues & comedies. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 3,071 × 2,135 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-271967 |
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