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1h0661 HOYT'S A MIDNIGHT BELL linen 21x29 stage poster 1889 cool art of church choir singing by organ!

Date Sold 12/26/2021
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An Original Vintage Linenbacked Stage Play Poster (measures 21" x 29" [53 x 74 cm]) (Learn More)

Hoyt's A Midnight Bell, the 1889 Charles H. Hoyt Broadway stage play production ("Laughter Every Minute") starring Eugene Canfield, Maude Adams, Thomas Q. Seabrooke, Adams, Percy Gaunt, and William Bennett. Note that the plot of this play involved several small town romances and a man taking the blame for a crime he did not commit (the real villain was discovered at the end)
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had some pinholes around the edges, with tiny paper loss in the lower right of the image. It had some small tears, tiny stains, and tiny paper loss in the right border. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. Someone backed the poster onto thin linen with no excess and no restoration.
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