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Lot of 5 pieces of Pittsburgh theater ephemera, led by an Al Jolson Hold On to Your Hats herald overprinted for the Nixon Theatre, Pittsburgh, week beginning Mon., Oct. 6, plus a Nixon Theatre ticket envelope hand-dated First Show - Oct. 6, 1941 from that same week. Also included: a 1946 Nixon Theatre envelope with ticket stub, a 1960 Shadyside Theatre courtesy pass, and an inscribed Doug Hoerth KDKA Radio 1020 photo card. Condition varies by piece, from bright and clean (the Jolson herald) to taped and torn (the 1946 envelope and stub), as noted below.
• Al Jolson herald, about 6.1 x 4.1 in, printed both sides in red and blue: Jolson in sombrero and serape on one side, show text naming 1941-42 on the other. Bright and clean.
• Nixon Theatre ticket envelope (Sam F. Nixon, Manager; Terrace Room - Hotel William Penn ad), handwritten First Show - Oct. 6, 1941 and The Claysville Recorder on the name line. No ticket inside; light creasing.
• Nixon Theatre envelope (Hotel William Penn, Terrace Room - Continental Bar) with red Globe Ticket Company stub: Lower Floor, Right K 4, Matinee Mar. 30 1946. Old tape on the front, a black tape strip over the manager line, small pink marks; stub torn along the bottom.
• Shadyside Theatre Courtesy Pass No. S 3990, Not Good After Jul 1 1960, account of Klingensmith, signed M. M. Finkel, Manager.
• Doug Hoerth photo card inscribed Hello Elizabeth - Doug Hoerth. Corner crease and small edge nick.
• Al Jolson herald, about 6.1 x 4.1 in, printed both sides in red and blue: Jolson in sombrero and serape on one side, show text naming 1941-42 on the other. Bright and clean.
• Nixon Theatre ticket envelope (Sam F. Nixon, Manager; Terrace Room - Hotel William Penn ad), handwritten First Show - Oct. 6, 1941 and The Claysville Recorder on the name line. No ticket inside; light creasing.
• Nixon Theatre envelope (Hotel William Penn, Terrace Room - Continental Bar) with red Globe Ticket Company stub: Lower Floor, Right K 4, Matinee Mar. 30 1946. Old tape on the front, a black tape strip over the manager line, small pink marks; stub torn along the bottom.
• Shadyside Theatre Courtesy Pass No. S 3990, Not Good After Jul 1 1960, account of Klingensmith, signed M. M. Finkel, Manager.
• Doug Hoerth photo card inscribed Hello Elizabeth - Doug Hoerth. Corner crease and small edge nick.
