Boston Museum Stock Company Kate Ryan Nolan collection of photographs, 1876-1889.

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Boston Museum Stock Company Kate Ryan Nolan collection of photographs, 1876-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681068084

Cabinet photographs of Kate Ryan, James Nolan and other actors from the Boston Museum Stock Company. Some appear to have been used as illustrations for Ryan's 1915 memoir, "Old Boston Museum Days."

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970312

Houghton Library

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Boston Museum Stock Company.

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The Boston Museum Theatre was conceived by Moses Kimball, who has purchased the old New England Museum, it was opened on June 14, 1841. Its stock company gave its first performance on September 4, 1843, and thereafter remained one of the nation's finest ensembles. Its favorite performers were William Warren, who first acted there in 1847, and Mrs. J. R. Vincent, but at one time or another in its long career many great artist of the era appeared, either as member of the troupe or as guest stars. ...

Boston Museum (1847-1903)

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The Boston Museum was a theater and museum displaying collections of natural curiosities. From the description of Boston Museum broadside, 1861 Dec. 14. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 319961599 Originally housing a gallery of curiosities and wax tableaux in addition to its theatrical features, the first Boston Museum was built in 1841 by Moses Kimball. The original Boston Museum, known as the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts, became so successful tha...

Ryan, Kate, 1857-

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Nolan, James, d. 1894

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