L.M. Gottschalk's Farewell Concerts in America, 1860s (Chickering Piano) |
Prof. Frederick Hap-e-man, 1863 ("playing on two Violins at once") |
The collections at the Library of Congress contain relatively few promotional theatrical posters from the 1860s. As the century rolled ever-more-loudly forward, the arts of advertising would multiply and diversify like ambitious bacteria.
Mr. Wehli's Left Hand, 1865 (Chickering Piano) |