Subject: Jewish theater

Playbill for a performance of "Yoshe Kalb" by I. J. Singer. The playbill features numerous images. The date of the performance is January 1, 1933.

Stereoscopic photograph depicting actor J. W. Love portraying a rabbi. The card has a revenue stamp on the back. Date estimated to be circa 1860 based on the style of the photograph and the presence of a revenue stamp.

This trade card advertises the Great Comic Opera Company performing at the Grand Opera House. [The card is identified as being connected to the H.R. Jacobs Thalia Theatre which operated for one year, from 1889-1890. The Thalia Theatre was previously known as the Bowery Theatre, a famous New York theatre that opened in 1826 as the New York Theatre. It burned down in 1828 and was rebuilt as the Bowery Theatre. Over the years, the theatre burned down several times and changed hands several times. In 1879 it became the Thalia Theatre. In 1889-1890 it was subleased to H.R. Jacobs, a Jewish company of actors that performed in Yiddish, as the Thalia previously put on plays in German.] The card depicts a large tulip with a green stem and leaves. The top of the card features the company name, the location of the performance, and the manager's name in bold font. The back of the card is blank.

This trade card advertises Jacobs & Proctor's Star Museum Company at the Griswold Opera House. The front of the card (Image 1) announces a "Shakespearean Week Commencing January 19." The back of the card (Image 2) is a full advertisement for Jacobs & Proctor's Star Museum Co., stating the admission price as "10 & 20 Cents." [The H.R. Jacobs Thalia Theatre, which operated from 1889-1890, was formerly known as the Bowery Theatre, a famed New York theater that opened in 1826. It hosted numerous prominent figures, including Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, and several U.S. presidents. In 1889-1890, it was subleased to H.R. Jacobs, a Jewish acting company that performed in Yiddish.]

Circa 1885 trade card advertising Max Fehrmann's performance in the Hebrew play "Uncle Isaac." The card features an illustration of a child smelling a flower with text mentioning McVicker's Theatre and describing Fehrmann as a "Great German-American Dialect Actor."

This pamphlet commemorates the opening of David Pinski's Yiddish play, "The Dumb Messiah," at the Playhouse in Cleveland, Ohio on December 1, 1918. The cover features a drawing by William Sommer. The pamphlet likely contains tributes, reviews, or other materials related to the event and the play's production.