Hoyts A contented woman – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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A woman preparing to cast her first vote is the unusual center of this 1898 lithograph, which advertised Charles Hale Hoyt's comedy *A Contented Woman*. Hoyt was a prolific American playwright known for lively farces, and the play's title and this image point to the suffrage debates of the 1890s, when women's voting rights were widely argued in newspapers and on stage. The poster was printed in color in Cincinnati by the Russell-Morgan Print Company, and its bright, eye-catching style was typical of theater advertising of the period.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 74 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | 52628 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co. Cin. U.S.A. Russell-Morgan Print. Caption: Preparing to cast her first vote. No. 3189. · Hoyt Charles Hale 1859-1900. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,093 × 2,989 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272898 |
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