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1. Actors, a man and woman, onstage - Negative, Roll Film

   Actors, a man and woman, onstage. They are wearing period costumes, as if for a Shakespeare play. The people and location are not identified. Multiple images. Photos from the Haverhill Gazette, circa late 1970s-1980.

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2. Cast of "A Box of Monkeys" in rehearsal at Butters House, ca. 1892-95 - Print, Photographic

   Five people, two men and three women, seated in a parlor in the Butler House, Main Street Haverhill. Inscribed on verso: "Interior of Butlers House Main St. c. 1892-5 / 1. Kate Brooks / 2. Austin P. Nichols / 3. Nellie Chase Taylor [nee Chase] / 4. Fannie Gilman Duncan [nee Gilman] / 5. Harry Chase / Cast of "A Box of Monkeys" in rehearsal at Butlers House." Probably Butters House. Names probably indicate left to right. The men are wearing evenin...

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3. Cast of "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party", ca. 1916 - Transparency, Lantern Slide

   Cast of "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party", circa 1916. Printed on mat and tape on reverse of slide: "E. W. Goodrich, Tremont Temple, Boston / Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party / About 1916." The cast consists of four young men and thirteen young women, all in costume as various characters. They are standing on a tiny stage in a room with framed pictures on the walls. Location and actors not identified. The play was by Laura Matilda Stephenson Parsons, ...

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4. Cast of unknown play - Negative, Sheet Film

   Cast of nine actors; four men and five women, posed standing or sitting on sofa on stage, set of unknown play. Subjects not identified. A child's doll is seated at the foot of the sofa. Probably an amateur or club production. Image mid 20th century.

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5. Cast of unknown play - Negative, Sheet Film

   Cast of nine actors; four men and five women, posed standing or sitting on sofa on stage, set of unknown play. Subjects not identified. A child's doll is seated at the foot of the sofa. Probably an amateur or club production. Image mid 20th century.

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6. County Bridge under construction, Haverhill and Bradford, 1906 - Print, Photographic

   County Bridge under construction across the Merrimack River, Haverhill and Bradford. Inscription on verso: "County Bridge under construction - 1906." Six photographs, 11 x 13 cm, mounted together on cardboard 36 x 26 cm. Left to right, top to bottom: 1. Lumber by the Merrimack River, Bradford?, worker standing next to the stack of lumber. Small houses in the background. 2. Haverhill, men excavating in a ditch next to the river, pipes crossing ...

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7. Edwin Booth, 1885 - Photograph, Cabinet

   Portrait of Edwin Booth (American actor). He has greying hair and is wearing a suit, shirt and tie. Head and shoulders studio portrait, facing three-quarter left. Inscription on reverse of mount: "Edwin Booth First seen as Iago in Othello at Academy of Music Haverhill Feb. 19, 1885 / Handwriting of Fredd R. Trask." This is probably a commercial or souvenir carte-de-visite. Mount has been trimmed at bottom, photographer's studio name mostly missin...

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8. Fanny Janauschek - Carte-de-visite

   Francesca Romana Magdalena "Fanny" Janauschek, actress. Studio portrait, half-length, seated, turned facing three-quarter right. She has dark hair and is wearing a dark dress with dark lace and appliqué, ruffled pale cuffs and collar, drop earrings, a large crucifix necklace and what looks like a fan on a long chain; she is holding the folded fan, with her right arm resting on a table on the left. Born in Prague, Janauschek came to the United Sta...

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9. General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, ca. 1863 - Carte-de-visite

   General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Lavinia Warren (Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump), circa 1863. Studio portrait, full length, standing. Tom is standing on the left; he has dark hair and is wearing a suit, shirt and tie. Lavinia is on the right, with her right hand on Tom's shoulder; she has dark hair and is wearing a dark dress with white square neckline and short puffed sleeves. A carved wooden chair is in the background on the left, a...

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10. Haverhill High School class play, 1898 - Negative, Sheet Film

    Haverhill High School class play, 1898. Seven students (three boys and four girls) in costume onstage, in set depicting an interior sitting room. Costumes appear to include a city gentleman, a country gentleman, a boy, two young women, an older woman and a young serving maid. Inscription with print in file: "HHS Class Play 1898." (Call no. is HI7.8.7 Senter F4x5 10-111)

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11. Ida Lee's Minstrels, disturbance at City Hall, Haverhill, 1871, illustration and article - Negative, Roll Film

    Ida Lee's Minstrels, disturbance at City Hall, Haverhill, 1871; illustration and news article. Wood engraving illustration, captioned "The Fate of 'Ida Lee's Female Minstrels' at Haverhill, Mass." from The New Varieties, Volume 1 No 17, week ending Monday, May 1, 1871. The image shows a man and two women onstage, in blackface and costume, being driven from the stage by the audience throwing garbage at them. The second photo is a copy of the news ...

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12. Little Red Wagon, University of NH Children's Theatre, puppet show, 1980 - Negative, Roll Film

    The Little Red Wagon, a program of the University of New Hampshire. A puppet show, performed outdoors, housed in a small trailer with a stage and curtain at the end. Two young male actors are performing in front, with an audience of children seated on the grass. The trailer has a painted sign: "Puppetry / Theatre Resources for Youth / Dept. of Speech & Drama / UNH." Buildings and a gazebo or bandstand in the background. People and location not id...

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13. Melodrama heroine and villain on stage in Newton, New Hampshire, 1974 - Print, Photographic

    Melodrama characters, heroine and villain, pretend to struggle on stage in Newton, New Hampshire. Actor playing heroine is identified as Mrs. Nancy Griffin and actor playing villain is unidentified. Photo taken in connection with the Haverhill Gazette, September 16, 1974, for article on page 16. "3649" on verso.

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14. North Congregational Church, actors in costume, Main Street, Haverhill - Print, Photographic

    North Congregational Church, actors in costume, Main Street, Haverhill. Nine people on a stage, five girls, three boys and a man with dark hair and a mustache, probably Linwood O. Towne, who directed some of the plays. The boy on the right is wearing a plaid dress. Towne is seated on the floor, dressed like a young boy and holding a doll. The boy sitting in the rear is holding a toy trumpet, and the girl third from the left's face is blurred. A c...

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15. North Congregational Church, cast of "The Three Wise Fools," Haverhill, 1935 - Print, Photographic

    North Congregational Church, cast of "The Three Wise Fools," Haverhill, 1935. Fourteen men and women on stage, thirteen are identified. Typed label on verso: "Cast of 'The Three Wise Fools' given at the North Church, 1935. / Seated left to right: Donald K. Campbell, Tom Wood, Charles Page, Mrs. Minerva Allen Wood, John Page, Virginia Mason, Dana Hill / Standing left [to] right: George Hicks, Mark Bachelder, Hudson Stone, Samuel Stokes, Lucy Farns...

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16. North Congregational Church play "Higbee of Harvard," cast, Haverhill, 1909 - Print, Photographic

    North Congregational Church play "Higbee of Harvard," cast, Haverhill, 1909. Nine people, four boys, four girls and Mr. Linwood O. Towne. They are in character costumes and are on a stage set to represent a drawing room. Accompanying card with inscription lists the cast from left to right: "Sam Williamson [as Hon. M. D. Withrow], Joe Kennedy [as Theodore Dalrymple], Armine Morton [as Nancy Withrow], Jesse Bullock [as Watson W. Higbee], Cora Chase...

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17. Play, cast in costume onstage, ca. 1910-1920 - Print, Photographic

    Unidentified play, cast of forty-eight people in costume onstage, circa 1910-1920, probably in Haverhill. The actors and actresses are dressed in robes and headdresses or shawls, some with dark makeup and Babylonian style false beards. One man on the left is wearing a crown. The two men on the far left are African American, the other people in the cast appear to be in brownface or blackface. The set has two large columns and a large painted door,...

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18. Play rehearsal, students at unidentified theatre - Negative, Roll Film

    Play rehearsal, students at unidentified theatre. A young man, left, and young woman, right, confronting each other. The young man has fair hair and is wearing two plaid shirts with jeans. The young woman has dark hair and is wearing a short sleeved shirt and denim overalls. A flight of stairs is on the left, other scenery not visible. The people, play and location are not identified, probably a local high school or college production. Multiple i...

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19. Scene from "Wings Over Europe," Chamber of Commerce, Haverhill, 1935 - Print, Photographic

    Scene from play "Wings Over Europe," Chamber of Commerce, Haverhill, April 30, 1935. Nineteen men onstage, painted backdrop with portrait on wall. The man standing on the left is not identified. The rest of the men are seated at or standing behind a long table. Cast list on reverse with caption "Scene from 'Wings Over Europe' given by Chamber of Commerce April 30, 1935." Cast (left to right?) "1. [?] / 2. Richard C. Wallace / 3. Forrest V. [Z.?] ...

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20. Two women pose outside in costumes for children's theater, 1973 - Print, Photographic

    Two unidentified women pose outside in a park in costumes for children's theater, one standing with her arms crossed and looking to the right and one kneeling and looking at her hands. Central Plaza sign at left in background. Two spectators are visible in the background at right. "3664" on verso. Photo likely taken in connection with the Haverhill Gazette, June 6, 1973.

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