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[Kellar] Variety Bill featuring Ling Look and Yamadiva. [Boston], ca. 1880. Two-color letterpress broadside (13 x 41 ”) advertising performances at the famous Boston Theatre featuring Harry Kellar’s co-stars the sword swallower Ling Look and the “Man-Serpent” Yamadiva, along with a ventriloquist, a woman shot from the mouth of a cannon, and other acts. Chips in borders professionally repaired; B+. Linen backed.


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2015-12-05

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