And the lights all went on in San Francisco ....

 

The Baldwin Theatre, San Franciso, 25 May 1884.  Souvenir night. This card was given to each member of the night's audience

25 May 1884

Abe Erlanger had his company's auditorium photographed by the new flash photography ... 

Abe was (in the days bwefore he became truly tentacled) the representant of George S Knight who played, this night, in the broad Germanspeak comedy Otto, with his wife, the former Sophie Worrell. 

The owner of our card ('Miss L ?N C') seems to have been more interested in Mr & Mrs Young, managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, in their box .. 

Played alternately with Otto

So .. a rare bit of ephemera .. 'this night only' ... nice.