| Advertising card for C. H. Smith's Double Mammoth Uncle
Tom's Cabin Co. Caption: "Franklin Opera House, Portsmouth, Friday Evening,
October 28th (c.1881). C. H. Smith's Double Mammouth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. in the
grandest production ever given of Harriet Beecher Stowe's immortal work, read
and admired all over the world, and by the Clergy and
Christian People of all creeds who weep at the death of
Eva, sympathize with poor Uncle Tom, laugh at the vagaries of Topsy, and pay
tribute to the wonderful woman who has given to the world this great picture of
Life Among the Lowly. Attractions with no other company in the world. Fun!
Laughter! Tears! 2 Famous Topsys. 2 2 Marks, the Lawyers. 2 2 Educated Donkeys.
Jack and Jill.
6 Mammouth Trained Siberian Bloodhounds. 6 Great Cotton Plantation Festival
Under the Direction of Mr. Sam Lucas, the famous Comedian. The Sherwood
Sisters. Smith's Colored Troubadors, Harper's Ferry Jubilee Singers, Old
Tennessee Minstrels, Thrilling Ice Scene, with Eliza Escaping across the Ohio
River, with the savage bloodhounds in pursuit."
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