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The theatrical manager's bunco-game, and how he works it / Ehrhart.

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The theatrical manager's bunco-game, and how he works it / Ehrhart.

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Illustration shows at center a theater manager, his hands and pockets stuffed with money; around him are four scenes showing how he manages a scam to extort higher prices for the theater tickets, using scalpers (called "Speculators") and by bribing the police. A fifth scene shows how the public can change this practice, by not attending the theater productions.

Caption: The manager the real culprit.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1241 (1900 December 19), centerfold.
Copyright 1900 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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01/01/1900
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Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937, artist
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