Townsend Walsh collection of visual materials

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unitid

{"value"=>"21867", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Walsh, Townsend", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Townsend Walsh collection of visual materials"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1897-1917", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1897/1917"}

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physdesc

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physloc

{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2014-045", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Consists of two pencil portraits of Townsend Walsh; one portrait in watercolor and ink of Walsh in the role of Darby O'Hara in his play, The Boys of Kilkenny (1897); one handwritten poem \"To the Players;\" one small menu card showing a painted face and the words \"Advocate\" and \"Townsend Walsh;\" and three pieces of ephemera: some leaves, a menu and a card for Sir Frederick Pollock all pasted on one piece of cardboard, perhaps a souvenir from a dinner.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Townsend Walsh (1872-1941), American theater press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright and actor, was a collector of theatrical and circus memorabilia.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

extent_statement

6 items, 36 x 51 cm and smaller; 6 items, 36 x 51 cm and smaller

prefercite

{"value"=>"Townsend Walsh collection of visual materials, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Townsend Walsh (1872-1941), American theater press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright and actor, was a collector of theatrical and circus memorabilia. Consists of two pencil portraits of Townsend Walsh; one portrait in watercolor and ink of Walsh in the role of Darby O'Hara in his play, The Boys of Kilkenny (1897); one handwritten poem \"To the Players;\" one small menu card showing a painted face and the words \"Advocate\" and \"Townsend Walsh;\" and three pieces of ephemera: some leaves, a menu and a card for Sir Frederick Pollock all pasted on one piece of cardboard, perhaps a souvenir from a dinner.", "generated"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1897

date_inclusive_end

1917

date_start

1897

date_end

1917

keydate

1897

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