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Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ford Opera House Incorporated collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 3206
Abstract

This collection contains three ledger books of the Ford Opera House Incorporated of Baltimore.

Dates: 1918-1928
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Ford Opera House Incorporated collection

Mahrenholz collection of Baltimore-German theater photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0129
Abstract

This collection contains portraits of theatrical groups at the Deutscher Theater-Verein circa 1939, a wedding anniversary, and a New Year's party (1938-1939) at the Deutsches Haus.

Dates: 1938-1939
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Mahrenholz collection of Baltimore-German theater photographs

May's Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0995
Abstract

This collection contains histories (mostly day by day accounts) of the theatres that existed in Baltimore from 1750-1904. Included are such famous ones as the Holliday Street Theatre, Front St. Theatre, Ford's Grand Opera House, and The Lyric, as well as less known taverns and coffee houses giving entertainment. Biographies of the leading men connected with these theatres include Edmund Kean, Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind, and Charles Dickens, among others.

Dates: 1750-1904
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / May's Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore collection

Paint and Powder Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1735
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of the Paint and Powder Club of Baltimore, a philanthropic gentleman's theatrical club that formed in 1893.

Dates: 1894-2015
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Paint and Powder Club records

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