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Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi adapted from the French by Leo Ditrichstein.

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7769 U.S. Copyright Office

At head of title: Manhattan Theatre.

Caption: Here I am!

Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York."

N.Y. no. 8358.

Signed: Archie Gunn.

Similar smaller image: POS - TH - 1899 .M59, no. 2 (C size).

Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1907 to 1931 known for their elaborate costumes, sets, and special effects, as well as their beautiful performers, dancers, singers, and comedians. The Ziegfeld Follies were also known for their beautiful and glamorous chorus girls, known as the "Ziegfeld Girls," many of these became performers, such as Fanny Brice, Ruth Etting, and Billie Burke. The Follies helped to establish Broadway as a center for American entertainment. The last Ziegfeld Follies was presented in 1931, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. passed away in 1932.

The collection includes posters advertising individual plays and operettas, burlesque, vaudeville, and specialty acts, dance companies, extravaganzas produced by the Kiralfy Brothers, portraits of entertainers, and stock posters. Featured performers include Julia Arthur, De Wolfe Hopper, Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co., Thomas W. Keene, Andrew Mack, Robert B. Mantell, Mathews & Bulger, Lewis Morrison, Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Co., Royal Lilliputians, and Jennie Yeamans. Directors, managers, and producers include Edward J. Abraham, Blaney, and Vance, William A. Brady, Sidney R. Ellis, W.J. Fielding, Charles Frohman, Hoyt & McKee, the Kiralfy Brothers, Jacob Litt, Rice & Burton, Rich & Harris, A.Q. Scammon, Sam S. Schubert, Thall & Kennedy, Fred E. Wright, Charles H. Yale, and others. Playwrights include David Belasco, George H. Broadhurst, Bartley Campbell, Charles Turner Dazey, Gilbert & Sullivan, William Gillette, Seymour Hicks, David Higgins, Bronson Howard, Cecil Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Sutton Vane, and others. Plays include such popular titles as Arizona, At Piney Ridge, By the sad sea waves, Devil's auction, Evangeline, Faust, Female drummer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The hidden hand, The last of the Rohans, Ole Olson, The Queen of Chinatown, Shenandoah, Siberia, The sporting life, Uncle Tom's cabin, Venice, The war of wealth, Way down East, Yon Yonson, and others. Images depicted include scenes from plays, portraits of performers, and performers performing. Featured entertainers are not always depicted in the image. Some posters are mainly textual with peripheral images.

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chorus girls comedies lithographs color theatrical posters american brady ziegfeld mlle fifi french leo ditrichstein leo ditrichstein poster art posters prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 brady and ziegfeld archie gunn strobridge and co lith new york performing arts posters advertisements free art posters library of congress public domain comics
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01/01/1899
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Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Ditrichstein, Leo, 1865-1928.
Gunn, Archie, 1863-
Brady & Ziegfeld.
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chorus girls comedies lithographs color theatrical posters american brady ziegfeld mlle fifi french leo ditrichstein leo ditrichstein poster art posters prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 brady and ziegfeld archie gunn strobridge and co lith new york performing arts posters advertisements free art posters library of congress public domain comics