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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.
Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.
Theatre broadside, 23
1
⁄
2
x 8
1
⁄
2
inches, printed in bold blue letters; paper
evenly toned.
[San Francisco: Alta California Printing House, 1877
[800/1,200]
A poster utilizing what had to be the largest font in the printer’s box. This play was still bring-
ing people to the theatre a dozen years after the Civil War.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—MINSTRELSY.) STOWE, HARRIET
BEECHER.
T.J. Downs Mammoth Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Grand 1916 Triumphal
Tour.
Copiously illustrated double-sided poster, 28 x 10 inches; framed with double-sided
glass.
Erie, PA, 1916
[600/800]
One of the most elaborate posters for the play that we have seen. The fact that this story was
still drawing crowds sixty-four years later speaks to the impact Mrs. Stowe’s novel had on the
general public.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—MINSTRELSY.) STOWE, HARRIET
BEECHER.
Ripley’s Big Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Copiously illustrated double-sided
poster, 28 x 10 inches; framed with double-sided glass.
Erie, PA, 1916
[600/800]
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