Gilbert and Sullivan Online Exhibit: Gilbert and Sullivan in American Advertising: The Mikado

[Dissected picture puzzle.] New York: E.I. Horseman, n.d. (1885).

Forty-five piece color lithographed cardboard puzzle of "Three Little Maids From School." In original box with color lithographed cover. Printed by J. Ottmann.

Based on a photograph of Geraldine Ulmar, Kate Forster, and Geraldine St. Maur in D’Oyly Carte’s New York production of The Mikado, 1885.

Puzzle

[Trade card]. "The Mikado" Lamp Stove (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Trade card]. Ladies Exchange (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Trade card]. Wheelock Pianos (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Trade card]. Ricksecker’s Dentaroma. New York: Stahl & Jaeger Lith. (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Trade card]. Thompson’s Patent Glove-Fitting Corsets. New York: Trautmann Bailey & Blampey (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Trade card]. Fairbank’s Clairette Soap (ca. 1885).

Trade card

[Advertising fan.] New York: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., 1886.

Cardboard fan advertising Thea-Nectar Pure Chinese Tea.

Color lithograph of Three Little Maids from School, with Mikado parody advertising verse.

Fan

[Button.] [American, n.d., ca. 1885]. Metal button with oriental figure based on portrait of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum.

Button

[Button]. [American, n.d., ca. 1885]. Brass button with relief figures of the "Three Little Maids from School."

Based on photograph of Geraldine St. Maur, Geraldine Ulmar and Kate Forster in D’oyly Carte’s New York production of The Mikado.

Button


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