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

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1908

GUSN

GUSN-191173

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Ephemera collection
Programs
Temporary
Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Programs
  - Temporary
    - Program of concerts on the Steamer Providence, Feb. 1890
    - Announcement for Halloween at the Tavern Club
    - Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908 (current record)
    - Official program of the 275th anniversary, Sunday, April 17, 1994, First Parish Church, East Derry, New Hampshire, founded 1719, Nutfield frontier, 1719-1994, Derry, Londonderry, Windham, The Olde Meetinghouse on the Hill, East Derry, New Hampshire, April
    - Diamond Jubilee program, Jordan Marsh Company, circa 1926

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
events
performances (entertainment events)
souvenir programs
programs (documents)

Physical Description

1 program

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1973-10-05

Reference Code

EP001.09.TMP.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Revere (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Waters Press (Boston, Mass.) (Printer)

Material Type

souvenir programs
programs (documents)

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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