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Cover image of sheet music for "The Streets of Cairo, or, The Poor Little Country Maid," by James Thornton. James Thornton was an Irish-born comedian and songwriter who achieved moderate success on the vaudeville stage around the turn of the…

song/poem written by Thomas J. Dillon about Francis O'Neill

Top portion of front page of The Youth's Companion, Vol. 63, no. 27, July 3, 1890, using the Fourth of July holiday to advertise the magazine "School House Flag" campaign.

The full-page view of the Youth's Companion's program for the "Official School Celebration of Columbus Day," published September 8, 1892, and scheduled for October 21, 1892.

The Official Programme for the original Columbus Day, as published in the Youth's Companion periodical on September 8, 1892, intended for celebration on October 21, 1892.

An image of the poster announcing the different productions by the Washington Square Players held at the Comedy Theatre, NY. This includes the credits of the Washington Square Players version of "The Hero of Santa Maria."

This is a list of the active members within the Players' Workshop theatre group. Many familiar names of the Chicago theatre scene appear including Kenneth Goodman.

The inside cover of the Players' Workshop Playbill featuring the production cast list of Goodman and Hecht's "An Idyll of Shops."

The cover page of a playbill from the The Players' Workshop production of 3 One-Act plays including Goodman and Hecht's "An Idyll of Shops."

Titled, "Join the Parade: We had Polio Vaccine, get Your Polio Shots now.", the illustrated poster encourages polio vaccination among infants and children especially.

The January 1907 Cover Page of the Brush and Pencil: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts To-Day (Vol. XIX No. 1)

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers"

Sheet music to "The Last Day of the Fair" by Frank Swain

Cover image for sheet music to "The Last Day of the Fair" by Frank Swain

An MP3 recording of the song "The Last Day of the Fair" lasting 3 mins. and 39 secs. long.

Black and White photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe as a young woman captured by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Featuring from Left to Right: Studs Terkel, Win Strake, Big Bill Broonzy, and Larry Lane

Ella Wesner, male impersonator, performed here; Chicago Whispers, also black face performed here

Donniker’s Minstrel’s theater where they performed “Africanized opera bouffe) of minstrel and drag

St. Stanislaus Kostka Façade

Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 656)

Title page for "The Wonder Hat" signed by co-author Ben Hecht, published by Frank Shay of New York for Stage Guild Plays.

The Stage Guild Plays front playbill cover for the Goodman and Hecht's play "The Wonder Hat."

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session

Mrs. Murphy & Sons Trad Session