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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
Who else thinks this die-cut trade card from 1874 is turtley awesome?
This trade card is an advertisement for Salisbury’s Troubadours, a company of actors and singers that produced light musical comedies throughout the 1870s and 1880s helmed by actor Nate Salisbury.
#Onthisday in 1862 Vanity Fair illustrated Edwin Forrest, a famous Shakespearean actor of the mid 19th century and the namesake of Philadelphia’s Forrest Theater. The caption reads: “The great medium between the spirit of Shakespeare and the stage.” We may not know how true those words are, but his legacy definitely lives on in Philadelphia.
Vanity Fair. Vol. 6, No. 149. September 20, 1862.
New York : Frank J. Thompson, , 1859-1863.