Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1908

GUSN

GUSN-381029

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Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908
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    - Pageant of Old Deerfield on the grounds of the Allen Homestead, Old Deerfield, Mass., 1913
    - Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908 (current record)

Description

The cover of the 1908 Wonderland Souvenir Program depicts Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon W. Lillie) as an advertisement for his Great Wild West show. The program had a cover price of five cents.

Details

Descriptive Terms

amusement parks
souvenirs
leisure events
performances (entertainment events)
souvenir programs
theater programs

Physical Descrption

1 program,color, 7 x 10.25 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1973

Reference Code

EP001.09.003.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Date Notes

Acquisition date: 10-5-1973

Record Details

Originator

Waters Press (Boston, Mass.) (Printer)

Material Type

souvenir programs
theater programs

Other People

Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942

Subjects

Wild west shows

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 36.

Description Level

Item

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