Poster, Theater
Poster, Theater
Poster, Theater

Poster, Theater

Object number2016.125.2
Photographer
MediumPaper; Wood; Photographic Paper; Paint; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Michael R. Doherty
DescriptionSepia-tone photograph mounted on wooden board advertising theater production. Rectangular photograph depicts bust portrait of actor Cyril Maude, shown in three-quarter view facing proper right and looking at viewer; Maude wears suit with bowtie. Photograph is adhered to varnished rectangular wooden board. Reverse is unfinished wood and has newspaper remnants.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 48 × 30 × 0.313 in. (121.9 × 76.2 × 0.8 cm)
SignedPainted yellow text in bottom right corner "HARTSOOK / PHOTO."
InscriptionsPainted yellow and black text along bottom "Charles Frohman presents, / Cyril Maude / in C. Haddon Chambers' Comedy / "The Saving Grace" ".
Historical NotesTheater poster that hung in the Nixon Theater lobby. Samuel F. Nixon opened the Nixon Theater in 1903, and it became Pittsburgh premier performance venue until its closing in 1950. It was located on Sixth Avenue, where the Alcoa building now stands. Nixon owned a string of theaters across the Midwest, but he was based in Philadelphia.
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