- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"1 box (27 designs): watercolor; 15 x 11.5 in."}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1937-001", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21611", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1914", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1914"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1914
- date_inclusive_end
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1914
- keydate
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1914
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Designs for The garden of paradise"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Designs used in the 1914 production of <span class=\"title\">The Garden of Paradise</span> based on <span class=\"title\">The Little Mermaid</span> by Hans Christian Anderson."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Urban designs for <span class=\"title\">The garden of paradise</span>, *T-VIM 1937-001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Urban, artist, architect and designer for the theater, was born in Vienna, Austria and died in New York City.</p> <p>His designs for <span class=\"title\">The Garden of Paradise</span> were his first for the New York theater.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Consists of 15 costume designs, 6 set designs, and 6 plates depicting props for a production in nine scenes of <span class=\"title\">The Garden of Paradise</span>, produced by Liebler & Co. at the Park Theatre in New York City.</p> <p>An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's <span class=\"title\">The Little Mermaid</span>, the play opened on November 28, 1914, but closed after only seventeen performances. It was then bought by Florenz Ziegfeld for his <span class=\"title\">Midnight Frolics</span>. According to Best Plays of 1909-1919, \"The later downfall of the house of Liebler & Co...was presaged by [this] elaborately handsome production.\"</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Designs for The garden of paradise is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21611#c313474'>Series I: Set Designs</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 designs</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21611#c313476'>Series I: Costume Designs</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21611#c313478'>Series III: Prop Designs</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged in three series: <ul> <li>Series I. Set designs</li> <li>Series II. Costume designs</li> <li>Series III. Prop designs</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection was part of the original domation of the Liebler & Co. records, donated in 1937 by Theodore Liebler, Jr.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Audiovisual materials separated from archival collections are cataloged individually and can be found in the Library catalog. Search CATNYP, The New York Public Library catalog.</p> <p>Liebler & Co. Records - *T-Mss 1937-001</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Forms part of the Liebler & Co. Records</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Elisabeth Elkind; machine-readable finding aid created by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1914
- date_end
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1914