Leaflet, the Crystal Maze, 112 Westminister Street, Providence, Rhode Island

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Date

1890s

GUSN

GUSN-332781

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Entertainments
General
Entertainments - General - Folder 3
Leaflet, the Crystal Maze, 112 Westminister Street, Providence, Rhode Island
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Entertainments
    - General
      - Entertainments - General - Folder 3
        Ticket for select party, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th at American Hall, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Jimmy Connor's Orchestra, location unknown, undated
        Kenny Morse and his Orchestra, 213 Patterson Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for Lizzie Evans, Belfast Opera House, Belfast, Maine, undated
        Trade card for Daddy & Jack's, party favors and joker novelties, 22 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Henry O. Upton, teacher of dancing, Salem, Mass., undated
        Dance card for third annual ball, Odd Fellows' Hall, location unknown, January 22, 1875
        Postcard for Potash & Perlmutter, Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated
        Postcard for The girl who smiles, musical comedy, Colonial Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated
        Program for Farewell American Tour, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for Kate Byron, location unknown, undated
        Postcard for Gerald Cranston's lady, De Wolfe & Fiske Co., The Archway Bookstore, 20 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Invitation for the second reunion and ball, Blake-Knowles Mutual Aid Society, Union Hall, Central Square, Cambridgeport, Mass., November 29, 1899
        Invitation for the third grand social ball, Lime Kiln Club, location unknown, March 5, 1886
        Program for the Student Vaudeville Company, Hanover, New Hampshire, undated
        Program for the RC Season 1887-1888, location unknown, 1887-1888
        Single and double hand alphabets, Miss Mary A. Morse, location unknown, undated
        Grand concert night before fast, Temple Quartette of Boston, Smyth's Hall, Manchester, New Hampshire, April 3, 1872
        Congregational entertainment, Town Hall, Claremont, New Hampshire, November 15, 1894
        Letterhead for Simmonds & Brown, dramatic agents, No. 863 Broadway, West Side above 17th Street, New York City, New York and Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., agents, Boston, Mass., ca. 1875
        Letterhead for Murphy's Miniature Opera Pinafore, Parker House, Boston, Mass., ca. 1875
        See the Corinne Merrie Makers, Opera House, Boston, Mass., undated
        Autographs, Fox Opera House, location unknown, undated
        Leaflet, the Crystal Maze, 112 Westminister Street, Providence, Rhode Island (current record)
        Souvenir of a Century of Progress International Exposition, published for Max Rigot Selling Co., Chicago, Curt Teich & Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Description

A mirror maze is described for potential customers. The image caption reads "See Yourself as Others See You." Text on the left side of the image reads "U.S. Patents May 30 and october 24, 1893. G. von P. Palm, Inventor and Patentee." The street name on the card is incorrect. It should be "Westminster."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
labyrinths (built works)
optical illusion
puzzles
fun houses
leaflets (printed works)

Physical Descrption

1 leaflet : color illustrations ; 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.038.01.03.024

Image Dimensions

4 3/4 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Prittwitz Palm, Gustav von (Publisher)
Springer Litho. Co. (Printer)

Material Type

leaflets (printed works)

Subjects

Westminster Street (Providence, R.I.)

Description Level

Item

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