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1. Philadelphia mental health and mental retardation plan. Annual plan, 1987-1988 update.
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Date:
1970
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Office
Physical Location:
Van Pelt Library, Stacks, RA790.65.P4 P45; Biotech Commons, Reference, Oversize RC455 .P544; LIBRA, LIBRA, RA790.65.P4 P45; LIBRA, LIBRA, Oversize RC455 .P544
2. Chestnut St. Theatre. Special Notice.-The audience is respectully requested To Retain Their Seats In The 3d Act until the fall of the Curtain on the Grandest Transformation Scene ever witnessed. Beginning Monday, May 7, 1888. With Wednesday and Saturday Matinees at 2 o'clock. Direct from the New York Run of 175 Nights. Rice's Burlesque Company. 65 Artists. Who will appear in Rice & Dixey's Sumptuous Production of the fascinating Spectacular Byronical, Operatic Burlesque or Opera-Bouffe, in three acts, replete with Original Music, Fascinating Novelties and Bewildering Situations, entitled The Corsair (Libretto adapted from the early English and other sources.) Music by Edward E. Rice and John J. Braham. New and Original Stage Business by Mr. Henry E. Dixey, and the following Great Cast of Characters: Conrad, the Corsiar, familiarly known as "The Scourge fo the Seas." Ironical and Byronical, Annie Summerville ..
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Contributor:
Summerville, Annie (actor); Charter, William R. (printer)
Date:
1888
Language:
English
Publisher:
Charter Print, 908 Filbert St
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 96
3. 47th New York trade sale catalogue
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Date:
1850
Language:
English
Publisher:
[publisher not identified], 185-?]
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, Z478.6.N5 N5 1850z
4. Theatre, Walnut Street, Vox Populi. Doors will be opened at a quarter after 6, and the performance commence at 7 o-clock. Box 75, pit 37, gallery 25 cents. First Night of Mr. Hamblin and Miss Vincent's engagement - when they will appear as Rolla & Clari. Saturday Evening, March 23, 1833. Will be presented the Tragedy of Pizarro. Spaniards. Pizarro, Mr. Wood. ... : After which the interesting Operatic Drama of Clari; or, the Maid of Milan. Written by John Howard Payne, Esq. Duke Vivaldi, Mr. Smith. ..
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Contributor:
Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853 (actor); Vincent, Naomi (actor)
Date:
1833
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 28 no. 10
5. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, August 23, 1869. The Management takes great pleasure in announcing an Engagement with the Charming Actress and Vocalist, Rose Watkins (Formerly Miss Rosina Shaw,) And the Eminent Comedian, Mr. Harry Watkins, These Distinguished Artists will appear in their Grand Romantic Irish Drama. Trodden Down, Or, Under Two Flags, Pronounced by the Press and Public the best Irish drama on the stage. Monday Evening, Aug. 23d, 1869, the Performance will comnence at 8 o'clk, with Overture--"La Part du Diable," Auber, After which will be presented the Thrilling Drama, by Harry Watkins, Esq., entitled Trodden Down, Or, Under Two Flags. Fergus McCarthy, an Exile. The Shingawn, Mr. Harry Watkins ..
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Contributor:
Watkins, Harry, 1825-1894 (actor); Watkins, Harry, Mrs., 1829-1904 (actor)
Date:
1869
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 8
6. Map of part of West Philadelphia, 1833
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Date:
1833
Language:
English
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Oversize 21
7. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, August 27, 1869. Benefit Of the Charming Actress and Vocalist, Rose Watkins (Formerly Miss Rosina Shaw.) First night of a new and powerful play, Mr. and Mrs. H. Watkins will appear in their Highly Successful GRAND DRAMA OF THE REVOLUTION, founded on a Historical Incident, illustrating American Hearts, American Homes and American Characters, as they existed during the Colonial vassalage of an Empire, from which has arisen A GLORIOUS REPUBLIC OF THIRTY-EIGHT STATES. Friday Evening, August 27th, 1869, The Performance will commence at 8 o'clk, with Overture--"La Part du Diable," Auber, To conclude with Mr. Watkins' Popular American Drama, entitled The Pioneer Patriot, or, The Maid of the War-Path. This great Sensational Drama, when originally produced in New York City, ran over One Hundred and Fifty Nights, and has since been played by Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, thoughout Great Britain and the United States, over ONE THOUSAND TIMES. It is replete with Scenes of Thrilling Interest, of the most Exciting and Soul-Stirring Nature, culminating in a Grand Climax of Dramatic Effect. Jocko, the Deformed [his Original Character,] Mr. Harry Watkins ... : Previous to the Drama, a Comic Sketch by Charles Dickens, Esq., presenting Scenes in the Life of An Unprotected Female: Polly Crisp, an Unprotected Female, Rose Watkins ..
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Contributor:
Watkins, Harry, 1825-1894 (actor); Watkins, Harry, Mrs., 1829-1904 (actor)
Date:
1869
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 12
8. Theatre, Walnut Street, Vox Populi. Mr. Booth, Mr. Hamblin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Vincent. Will appear to-night in Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet. Being the Last NIght but One of their Engagement. Thursday Evening, April 4, 1833. Will be presented Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr. Booth. ... : To conclude with the laughable Farce of Deaf as a Post. Tristram Sappy, Mr. Wilkinson. ..
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Contributor:
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852 (actor); Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853 (actor); Wilkinson, James Pimbury, 1787- (actor); Vincent, Naomi (actor)
Date:
1833
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 28 no. 20
9. Report of Philadelphia real property survey, 1934. Colored housing. Volume 3: Family accommodations.
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Date:
1934
Language:
English
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Physical Location:
LIBRA, LIBRA, HD268.P5 A5 1934b; Lippincott Library@Wharton, Stacks, HD268.P5 A5 1934b
10. Report of Philadelphia real property survey, 1934. Family accommodations by number of rooms. Volume 2.
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Date:
1934
Language:
English
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Physical Location:
LIBRA, LIBRA, HD268.P5 A5 1934c; Lippincott Library@Wharton, Stacks, HD268.P5 A5 1934c; Lippincott Library@Wharton, Stacks, HD268.P5 A5 1934c
11. The stage
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Date:
1866
Language:
English
Publisher:
John W. Forney, Jr
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 1; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 115
12. Philadelphia Theatre. Doors will be opened at half past 5, and curtain rises at half 6 o'clock precisely, until further notice. Friday Evening, October 22, 1819, Will be presented, (By Particular Desire) an Historical Play, in 5 acts, called The First Part Of Henry the Fourth; Or, the Humours of Sir John Falstaff. Written By Shakspeare. Henry the Fourth, Mr. Hughes. ... : [after] which ... a grand historical and patriotic drama called [Si]gesmar the Switzer; [or, the] Helvetian patriots. ..
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Date:
1819
Language:
English
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 27
13. [Philadelphia merchant account book]
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Contributor:
Carson, Marian S. (former owner); Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor); Kaplan, Deanne (donor)
Date:
1779
Language:
English
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 018.1
14. Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Wallack's Last Appearance but One in Philadelphia. Saturday Evening, January 29, 1820, Will be presented (by desire) the admired Comedy of The Honey Moon. Duke Aranza, Mr. Wallack. ... : After which, (for the last time this season) a new Pathetic Melo-Drama, founded on the Tales of My Landlord, called The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Or, the Lily of St. Leonards. Written by T. Dibdin, and performed upwards of One Hundred Nights the last season. With additional New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Scenery designed and executed by Messrs. H. Warren, T. Reinagle and Assistants. John, Duke of Argyle, Mr. Hughes. ..
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Contributor:
Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor)
Date:
1820
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 70; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 71
15. Peter Gallagher receipt book, 1776-1785
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Date:
1776
Language:
English
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 004.1
16. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, March 1, 1870. The Charming Actress and Vocalist, and Eminent Comedian, Rose and Harry Watkins These Distinguished Artists will appear in an entirely New, Second Time on any Stage, Grand Romantic Irish Drama In which the Author, departing from the well-worn path of Irish Dramatic Literature, has sought to depict a truly Novel and Original Character, In the person of Fardorougha, a miser, in whose breast the struggle of avarice with natural affection, forms the basis of a plot of the most Ingenious and Absorbing Interest, And teaching a Great Moral Lesson. Tuesday Evening, March 1st, 1870, The performance will commence at quarter to 8 o'clock, with Overture--Fardorougha, Hassler After which will be presented the New Grand Romantic Irish Drama, in 4 Acts, entitled Set in Gold Or, The One Brigh Spot. Fardorougha, a Miser, Harry Watkins ..
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Contributor:
Watkins, Harry, 1825-1894 (actor); Watkins, Harry, Mrs., 1829-1904 (actor)
Date:
1870
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 195
17. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, April 1, 1870. Benefit of the Great Delineator of Specialties, Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Who will appear in his New and Highly Successful Play, of Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler, An Original Drama of American Western Life, written by Thomas B. De Walden and Edward Spencer expressly for the display of his wonderful powers of characterization. Friday Evening, April 1st, 1870, The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clk, with Overture-- "Elizabeth," Rossini After which will be presented an Original Drama, entitled Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler, A Drama contained in a Prologue and 4 Acts. Personages in the Prologue. Kit Redding, F. S. Chanfrau..
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Contributor:
Chanfrau, Frank, 1824-1884 (actor); Walcot, Charles Melton, 1840-1921 (actor)
Date:
1870
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 226
18. Chestnut St. Theatre. Nixon & Zimmerman, Proprietors and Managers; George Kemerle, Treasurer. J. Fred Zimmerman, Jr., Assistant Treasurer. Charles E. Semple, Gas Machinest and Engineer. Wm. Clark, Master Machinest. Wm. Hassitt, Property Maker. Every Evening, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. First Appearance in this city of Mr. & Mrs. Kendal (Under the direction of Mr. Daniel Frohman,) And Their Own Company, In The Iron Master. Being an English Version, by A. W. Pinero, of George Ohnet's Drama, "Le Maitre de Forges." Cast of Characters. Phillipe Derblay, Mr. Kendal ..
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Contributor:
Kendal, William Hunter, 1843-1917 (actor); Kendal, Madge, 1849-1935 (actor); Charter, William R. (printer)
Date:
1889
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Charter Printing House, 908 Filbert St
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 98
19. Theatre, Walnut Street. Third night of Mr. Wilkinson's Engagement. First Appearance of Monsieur Olivier Francia, From the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, where he exhibited upwards of 150 nights, and is considered the 1st model of the Academics of France and Rome. He will appear for the 1st time in this city, this Evening, and go through his astonishing performances. Friday Evening, March 29, 1833. Will be presented, by desire, the interesting Drama of the Gambler's Fate. This piece is divided into three days, or acts, and the time supposed to elapse between each act is 15 years - each act forming a separate drama. First Day - Time, 1790. The Paricide! Mr. Derance, an infirm old man on the verge of the grave, Mr. Maywood. ... Second Day - Time, 1805. The Assassin. Augustus Derance, aged 40, Mr. Wood. ... Third Day - Time, 1820. The Hut of the Red Mountain. And dreadful termination of the life of a Gamester. Augustus Derance, aged 55, Mr. Wood. ... After Which, Monsieur Olivier Francia, Will appear, and go through his Astonishing Performances as follows : at his entrance on the stage Five different Herculean Attitudes. Academic Attitudes. ... : To conclude with the laughable Farce of Deaf as a Post. Tristram Sappy, Mr. Wilkinson. ..
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Contributor:
Wilkinson, James Pimbury, 1787- (actor); Francia, Olivier (actor)
Date:
1833
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 28 no. 15
20. Philadelphia Theatre. Saturday Evening, December 4, 1819, Will be performed, (fourth time here) a new Comedy, called Wanted a Wife! Or, a Checque on my Banker. Written by Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After which, (fourth time here) a new Pathetic Melo Drama, (founded on the Tales of my Landlord) called The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Or, the Lily of St. Leonards. Written by T. Dibdin, and performed upwards of ONe Hundred Nights the last season. With additional New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Scenery designed and executed by Messrs. H. Warren, T. Reinagle and Assistants. John, Duke of Argyle, Mr. Hughes. ..
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Contributor:
Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)
Date:
1819
Language:
English
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 48; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 49