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Souvenir Hand Mirror

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Collection Type

  • Relics and souvenirs

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-103203

Description

Oval souvenir metal hand mirror for Keith's Theaters, painted with a green background and featuring a woman in 1890s dress holding a parasol.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mirrors
glass (material)
MIRROR, HAND

Inscription

"Keith's / Let other go / to Mount' or Sea; / The Summer show / at KEITH'S for me! / A Vaudeville treat - / Mirth, Song and Play; / Girls, let's all meet / at KEITH'S today!"

Additional Identification Number

2710

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American

Dimensions

2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/16 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1941.1143

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