A climax in gaiety Over the fence by Owen Davis. – 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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A climax in gaiety Over the fence by Owen Davis.
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Its tagline, "A climax in gaiety," sets this lithograph apart as an advertisement for *Over the Fence*, a comedy by Owen Davis, who was in his mid-twenties when it appeared and later became one of the most prolific American playwrights, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for *Icebound*. Printed in Cincinnati in 1899 by the U.S. Printing Co., the poster reflects the late nineteenth-century trade in large, colorful theatrical lithographs that touring productions used to draw audiences. Its subject headings also point to the stereotyped portrayals of African American and Jewish characters common on stage at the time, as well as the chorus girls and sliding comedy that were part of the show's appeal.
| Created / published | 1899 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 102 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | 52068 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co. Cin. U.S.A. Russell-Morgan Print. No. 4056. · Davis Owen 1874-1956. Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Subjects | Chorus girls. African Americans--Performances and portrayals. Jews--Performances and portrayals. Sliding. Comedies. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,074 × 2,909 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-271940 |
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