Very Rare 19th Century Theater poster. After the live theater performances for Kerry Gow in 1890 for which this poster was used to promote, it would later become a movie around 1921. Very good condition for a 127+ year old poster! Beautiful colors and artwork.
19th Century Kerry GowLithograph Theater Poster,Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati, framed, size 30 x 19 1/2 in.
Some bio on this live play for the Hartford area:
Among the shows presented from the Belle City House s stage during May of 1890 were the Postage Stamp Company s performance of A Social Season on the 3d, Arden Benedick in Story of the Dead on the 10th, J. S. Murphy in Kerry Gow on the 16th, Charles H. Hall in Knute Knutson on the 19th and Ezra Kendall in A Pair of Kids on the 23d. Hohenstim and Fisher and Master T. K. Jones presented a six-day series.
