Linda di Chamounix Broadside: Museum Object and Cultural History
Linda di Chamounix Broadside: date made: 1847. Object Name: Playbill. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Broadside from The Park Theatre in New York City. Advertising the August 5, 1847 performance of the opera Linda di Chamounix featuring actress Anna Bishop, along with the petite comedy Popping the Question! which was performed beforehand.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1847
- Object Name: Playbill
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 24 in x 6 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- general subject association: Theater
- Subject: Opera
- ID Number: 1980.0087.01
- accession number: 1980.0087
- catalog number: 1980.0087.01
- Credit Line: B. L. and Louise S. Freeman
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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