Ford's Grand Opera House (January 1893 program)

Pictorial cover engraved by H. S. Jefferson. Self-wraps, (8) pages. Very Good with edgewear including 1" closed tear at the horizontal fold and another 1" crimped tear creating a hole when open.  Band of discoloration and a few annotations to rear. Program information for the week of January 9, 1893, featuring performances by Rosina Vokes in 'The Paper Chase' and promoting the following week's performance of Francis Wilson & Co. in 'The Lion Tamer.' Full of ads for local goods and services, including typewriters, bicycles, shoes, photo studios, wigs, etc. Ford's Grand Opera House was a premier Baltimore theater founded in 1871 by John T. Ford, owner the infamous Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. where Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.