The Klondyke Nugget Theatre Show Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Klondyke Nugget Theatre Show Poster: date made: 1898. Object Name: Poster. Measurements: overall: 19 1/2 in x 29 1/2 in; 49.53 cm x 74.93 cm.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for The Klondyke Nugget, a play written and performed by Samuel Franklin Cowdery in England. The poster shows a wounded Cowdery and his horse and a Native American man holding a silver nugget. It was printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd. Cowdery changed is last name to “Cody” to suggest a connection to Buffalo Bill, William F. Cody. Though Cowdery struggled with his Wild West Show in England, he succeeded with melodramatic stage westerns, the most celebrated of which was The Klondyke Nugget, first performed in 1898.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1898
- Object Name: Poster
- Measurements: overall: 19 1/2 in x 29 1/2 in; 49.53 cm x 74.93 cm
- place made: United Kingdom: England, London
- ID Number: 2018.0119.07
- catalog number: 2018.0119.07
- accession number: 2018.0119
- Credit Line: Gift of Anthony Sapienza, DMD
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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