Hoyts comic whirlwind A brass monkey a satire on superstition. – Vintage Poster
(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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Step back in time with Hoyts comic whirlwind A brass monkey a satire on superstition., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hoyts comic whirlwind A brass monkey a satire on superstition.
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Here the comedian William Keller Mack appears as Jonah, the biblical figure whose name has long been shorthand for bad luck aboard ship. The poster advertises Hoyts theater in New York, where Charles Hale Hoyt's *A Brass Monkey*, a satire on superstition, was staged. Hoyt was known for lighthearted farces that poked fun at American manners, and he died in 1900, the year this sheet was printed. The lithograph came from the Russell-Morgan Print Company of Cincinnati and New York, a firm that produced many theatrical posters of the period.
| Created / published | 1900 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 102 x 69 cm. |
| Notes | D12551 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1900 by The U.S. Printing Co. Russell-Morgan Print Cincinnati & New York. From Hoyts Theatre New York. Caption: Jonah interpreted by Wm. Keller Mack. No. 4450. · Hoyt Charles Hale 1859-1900. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Subjects | Mack Wm. Keller--Performances. Comedians. Top hats. Musical revues & comedies. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 1,918 × 2,818 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272761 |
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