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Playbills -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

[Chicago] Theatre Record and Scrap Book

 Collection
Identifier: spe-ctc-ctr
Abstract

This scrapbook includes primarily Chicago, New York and Detroit programs, as well as reviews from Chicago newspapers.

Dates: 1923 - 1927

Felix Fantus Theater Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: spe-ctc-fft
Abstract

Felix Fantus (1886-1955) was an active theater-goer. He collected playbills from the Grand Opera House, Illinois, Powers’, Dearborn and McVicker’s theaters among others. Fantus included these programs and other clippings and ephemera in his theater scrapbook.

Dates: 1899 - 1907

Scrapbook of a Matinee Girl

 Collection
Identifier: spe-ctc-smg
Abstract

The compiler of this scrapbook remains anonymous. She attended a wide range of plays, operas and concerts. The scrapbook is annotated and includes reviews, clippings and occasionally pictures.

Dates: 1908 - 1912

Alma M. Yondorf Theatre Scrapbooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-ctc-amy
Abstract

The scrapbooks document theater productions in Chicago and elsewhere. Yondorf frequently annotated her programs with the names of her companions and her opinion of the productions.

Dates: 1894-1926