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"Between the Acts" Cigarette card in blue and buff tones depicting Eva Barrington in her Act III costume a Sacharissa, helmet with finial, in Princess Ida.

Secretarial letter, signed R. D'Oyly Carte," on engraved writing paper of “D’Oyly Carte’s Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company,” dealing with performance rights for The Pirates of Penzance

Full length photograph of Frederick Federici as The Mikado of Japan in studio setting, standing in left profile holding closed fan, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "F. Federici, as 'The Mikado.'"

Full length photograph of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum in kimono seated on painted crescent moon, holding open fan, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum, 'We're very wide awake, the moon and I.'"

Full length photograph of George Thorne as Ko-Ko in studio setting, lying on back with feet raised, fan in right hand, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "George Thorne, as 'Ko-Ko.'"

Burgundy silk souvenir program for D'Oyly Carte's 150th performance of The Pirates of Penzance at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Card program for John Stetson's Opera Company production of Princess Ida at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Illustrated program for first night of D'Oyly Carte's production of H.M.S. Pinafore at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York. Program's brown illustrations created in London, text details in black added in New York.

Libretto for the first American production of Gilbert & Sullivan's supernatural opera Ruddygore; or, The Witch's Curse, by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre, beginning 22 January 1887. Unlike in the United Kingdom,…

Nearly full length photograph of Jessie Bond as Hebe and J. H. Ryley as Sir Joseph Porter, she with right hand on his left shoulder, he holding hat by his left side, on photographer's card mount of Mora, New York.