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Almy and Milne's Steam Press [Singing school exhibition handbill]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00246.04 Author/Creator: Almy and Milne's Steam Press Place Written: Fall River, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: 15 March 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 30.1 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by Amy & Milne's Steam Press. Possibly created in Fall River, Massachusetts. Advertises Parker Borden's "Juvenile Class" performance, consisting of 150 children. Program lists songs included in the show and ticket sale locations. Contains a note handwritten across the top of this handbill, stating "Show to I. We were both in the chorus-"

Amy & Milne's Steam Press, fl. 1861
Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927

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