Item #278957 Chutes Theater: Sir Charles Wombwell's Trained Wild Animal Exhibition and Zoological Circus (San Francisco promotional ad). Chutes Theater.

Chutes Theater: Sir Charles Wombwell's Trained Wild Animal Exhibition and Zoological Circus (San Francisco promotional ad)

Chutes Theater, 1898. Ephemera. Item #278957
ISBN: 281AIB1055171

Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 6 x 8.75 inches when folded. Printed in black. 'Performances every afternoon and evening,' with program details on inside pages. Rear page blank with decorated border available for 'adds wanted.' The wild animal 'collection was imported from Europe by the Omaha Exposition Company for the purpose of installing on the grounds of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition...during the month of May the enormous show will bid adieu and make its departure for Omaha.' The original Chutes Theater was in Chutes Park on Haight St. in San Francisco. It opened in 1895 and closed in 1902, moving the theater to another location at that time. Very good copy. Chip missing from top edge of all pages but not affecting the text.

Price: $12.00

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