Theatre collection, 1733-1940.

ArchivalResource

Theatre collection, 1733-1940.

Scrapbooks of playbills, programs, play scripts, advertising matter, tickets, and miscellaneous items from various theaters in Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, and some non-New York locales. Among the theaters included are the Franklin Theatre, Payton's Lee Avenue Theatre, Montauk Theatre, Mitchell's Olympic, Bowery Theatre, American Theatre, Broadway Theatre, Laura Keen's Theatre, and Niblo's Garden.

2 linear ft.

Related Entities

There are 10 Entities related to this resource.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g845xm (corporateBody)

The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History....

Montauk Theatre.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km6nbx (corporateBody)

Payton's Lee Avenue Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt7104 (corporateBody)

Laura Keen's Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv4zz7 (corporateBody)

Bowery Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h20bjg (corporateBody)

American Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb0j1m (corporateBody)

Mitchell's Olympic (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6064r5r (corporateBody)

Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v6sf0 (corporateBody)

Niblo's Garden (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65217qr (corporateBody)

Franklin Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg12x0 (corporateBody)