Shenandoah. – Historic 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 rare vintage poster captures Shenandoah. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A Civil War melodrama set in the Shenandoah Valley gives this poster its name and its subject. The play, written by Bartley Campbell and first staged in 1888, was revived by touring companies for years afterward. This lithograph, printed around 1898 by the Strobridge Lithograph Company of Cincinnati and New York, carries the caption "Col. West," and the record also names Jacob Litt. The subject headings for military personnel, prisoners, and pointing hands suggest the production leaned on wartime loyalty and conflict, the staples of stage melodrama at the time.
| Created / published | Cin'ti ; N.Y. : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1898. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | Jacob Litt. Caption: Col. West |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisioners. Pointing fingers. Melodramas. Historical dramas.United States--Virginia--Shenandoah. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,643 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220753 |
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