Gag book

Collection Data

Description
A numbered collection of jokes, hand-written in an 1886 edition of Collins' scribbling diary. Humor typical of English music-halls and American vaudeville shows.
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1886 (Questionable)
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MWEZ 471
Genres
Humor
Manuscripts
Notes
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: References to American settings include the Statue of Liberty and a train ride from New York to San Francisco. The Irish are in particular noted in the jokes (no. 288)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 volume (59 pages) ; 33 cm
Front cover separated and split. Page edges worn.
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-B485
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14693293
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9a9c290-0033-0130-d7e7-58d385a7bc34
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