A Night At The Opera House

Invitation to the Semi-Centennial of Knights Templar Number 3 - Utica Commandery, Tuesday, June 24th, 1873:

Parade at 2 o'clock

Historical address at the Opera House at half past 8 o'clock

Ball and banquet following the address

Found in "Children of the Abbey" by Regina Maria Roche. Published by Porter and Coates, no date listed, circa 1874.

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6 comments:

  1. kenjuJune 14, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    What a great piece of ephemera!!

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  2. TBLJune 14, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Wow, that's amazing. :)

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  3. Michael5000June 15, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    Suweeeeet!

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  4. BurtonReview June 15, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Totally intrigued by that title, and wikipedia says it was very popular in its day. The really extra interesting part is that Jane Austen referred to this in her Northanger Abbey novel. Looks like it would be a great read!

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  5. Michael PopekJune 15, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Marie, it was yesterday's bookperdiem.

    Unfortunately for you, someone decided to buy it.

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  6. BurtonReview June 15, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    edit: This one was mentioned in Emma, and the authors other popular novel, Clermont, was referred to in Northanger Abbey.

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