A rag baby

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Strobridge & Co. Lith., printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

Drama--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Physical Description:

1 print : lithograph, color; 50.6 x 76.0 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cin. ; N.Y. ; London : The Strobridge Lith. Co., [ca. 1883]

Biography/History:

A Rag Baby was a dramatic composition descriptive of life in a drug store and post office written and copyrighted in 1883 by Charles H. Hoyt.

Summary:

Vignetted portrait on the left of a girl on a barrel with an officer behind her, entitled Venus. Central scene depicts a man with a top hat trying to kiss a woman with text: "Let me kiss the lips that Sullivan kissed."

Notes:

Forms part of the Theater Poster Collection; for general information, see collection record.

N.Y. 1040 printed in top right corner.