The famous original Bostonians Americas greatest light opera company. – Antique 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 window into the past: The famous original Bostonians Americas greatest light opera company., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The famous original Bostonians Americas greatest light opera company.
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This color lithograph poster advertises The Bostonians, a light opera company, and it names its proprietors, Henry Clay Barnabee and Frederic MacDonald, along with the New York theatrical firm Klaw & Erlanger, which managed the company's bookings. The company grew out of a Boston troupe and was known for staging comic operas in the English style associated with Gilbert and Sullivan, a popular form of entertainment on American stages at the turn of the century. The poster's bold claim that the group was "America's greatest light opera company" reflects how theatrical advertising of the period promoted touring companies. The printer, the Courier Company of Buffalo, New York, was a well-known lithographic house.
| Created / published | 1900 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1900 by The Courier Company Lith. Dpt. Buffalo N.Y. Barnabee & MacDonald proprietors presenting high class opera comique unequalled cast chorus & orchestra; direction of Klaw & Erlanger. No. 3009. · Barnabee & MacDonald. Klaw & Erlanger. Bostonians (Opera company) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,517 × 3,555 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-273437 |
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