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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.
Uncle
Tom’s Cabin!!!, Embracing the Entire
Work of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
at the National Theatre, New York.
Letterpress theatre broadside,18 x 6
1
/
4
inches.
New York, 1853
[800/1,200]
A RARE BROADSIDE FOR THE EARLIEST COM
-
PLETE THEATRICAL PRODUCTION OF UNCLE
TOM
’
S CABIN
.
Aiken’s play version of Mrs.
Stowe’s runaway hit opened at New York’s
National Theater in the early part of 1853.
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.
Uncle
Tom’s Cabin. Minnie Foster in her
Character of “Topsy” at Wood’s
Museum, in New York City.
Broadside,
9 x 6 inches, with a 4
1
/
2
x 2
1
/
2
inch engraved
vignette of Topsy; short strip (2
1
/
2
inches)
of paper across the top of the piece.
New York City, 14 April 1873
[400/600]
The performance was a matinee, indicating that
the show’s content (once considered a “touchy”
subject) was approved for women and children.
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