The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-18
THE CROSBY OPERA HOUSE
ART ASSOCIATION.
The Opera House, and Three Hundred
Paintings, are the Premiums.
The PAINTINGS ARE BY THE
Leading Artists in the United States.
AND WILL BIZ ON EXHIBITION AT THE
CROSBY ART GALLERY OPERA no USM
CHICAGO
AND THE ART INSTITUTE,
No. 625 BROADWAY, NY.

estimates resu ting the Increased cost o. eSsrT-
the sSooy SS S%Ia %
reared re % %. necessary the friends arg here a
giound work Of distribution Of first rate Nstlonh
seP{s4d By tRs oSSSI9T sltl5s@s SScsa s
Opera House and the anne me promoting the tlsto
has received ne most geHSSoGs support the ieaPa{
artists IN the Unled Sta es, while the eugrayors aad
h' Se mot S only M of Psyqg Mt
the art OF America by tn distrl du,iOn OF a
SERIES OF THE MOBILES t PAINTINGS AND MOS.
SPLENDID ENGRAvISGs tvsR Of
FERED AS PREMIUMS TO THE
PUBLIC. ...
The Crosby Opera House Assocation has, IN erefore
at IS each berlng from to si0 90 inciSsvs ca
stee Engraylnes afterwards described free adsIss1
snARE IN THE AWARD OF PREMIUMS.
The first premium will be
1BE CROSBY OPERA HOUSE OF CHICAGO,
eet aHd aeph S eet w,t s bu OF msss OF aas ny
is generally conceded the finest buiidneit
Of the and hs os s
sS On @ s 5 sSdo are ProSa "a
the hnest art falleres IN The country. OF the aIdo
tempted fee but The actual cost and positive vaIne
Of this splendid bu ding pronounced by ali who have
ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE WORLD,
Amounts to
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
In addition to this the premiums consist of mere
'"'" THREE HUNDRED
SPLENDID OIL PAINTINGS
BY THE FIRST AMERICAN ARTISTS.
BIERsTADT's great vat1hYgu vpaatiH1tinYgu THE 70 sEx1rE
cRoPsEY's splendd, Work, AN AMERICAN
Value $4,000.
soHUsSEIEs SatioRs FsrRabs rfsifa5rg IRVING AND HH
hAkrs charming yalass' 5000 IN AUTUMN"
MEYERS Celebrated vs Passs int ssco RECOGNITION"
Boards Great we'tsR tisnfdssGsDe iaf DEER ON 1HE
.,, Va ue s4fOe.
GlGNo0H'S MasnifssEts sGEsrRPs rhRSPRdss'ap' ALPINE
... Value, $4,000.
1rerS fE m sEaRas %osksn Sr g
'S B&S6EE ILL., TpiE aiS FUsIfp faf period
THE ENTIRE rhiThsS% Sf%%%S|'nE S9rEEr 9rroS OF MR..
1ncgSPSS sSRSSo the yoTe Ssntpgs e
win une RUsT RIE PId OF W ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Executed rom life by l. W. Vok. Value ,S2S00
To enable the public to judge for themselves, this
MnrT sntre coIecaTp fee EargsSf sTER ana
ART UNION, II -
viii be on s1SS3p 6FsE% i6Th hs'effSts SRfSG5 g the
r,I TEE Il. ART ,NsTLTyIE' Se ss BROADWAY.
OF Membership Of1h FEE a2sq Of c2asGE.i e aGas.i0n
TICKETS OF MEMBERSHIP,
Fer 50 one sha or certificate with ofthe 6stIsw-
VIE LILLE %%NDHkRER' si kaia%S' BY THos READ,
"eATnERI APPLES II, JEROME rHoMr,ox-
For go Two shares OF certificates, with the saperb
nnWASGiNGI6N IRVING AND BIS Friends"
S0rics EfsrSylnT n sSsel sv yUSr1vonox
For s2v shares certificates with the so endd
Chrome Ergaving Gssued exc usvey by the Amer can
IAN MEXICAN AUTUMN" byJ. f. CRoPsEY.
While Tor ESQ. ten shares Of certificate are issued
CHOICE ARTISTS PROOF
OF either Irving and His Friends" "Mercys Dream.
touched and stoned BY the arsr as wo as sn I@iSd
in number are both rare and desirable
From this it m0y be seen that purchasers of cera-
Gates receive at the value of their money In rna
Engravings while they also secure
SHARE IN THE AWARD OF PReMrUMs.
The following letter is subjoined as an evidence N p
deep interest taken by the Chicago public in The suo
OF the and of the Approval Of che alan
by gentlemen of high commercial and perSOnM
standing
have decided to adopt the OnIOn pr ncipe In tSs
dlspos ion of your Opera House
Y hi we should he glad 10 know of your success I'm
ch enterprise, under staBc 8 IL aOuld
add greatly to eratifca ion to fleet that IN accom-
Dlishn your own Wishes you bad gwen addition Ina
the deye opment OF esthetic tase amongst ua
hat this would be only the natura result OF the ds-
button as proposed. OF large number OF hr5t class
J ainlings and engraviDgs we have no doub, aad we
conPTau ate the public unon this IA well UPON
the less mp0r ant one that they posse's In your "a
we'll Established integrity satisfactory guarantee tn the
ente priae viii be airY aud homo ably c0nd lctsd.
With every with that YOU NAV succeed we are, dear
SIR Yours, very truly,
+. b. McCagg N HahiOn ID Ogden, 2. Wadswortb.
IF. Coobaugh Y. Num- L. letter.,
=. Cobb. Jerome Beecher W H. DOggett.
Hiram Wheeler. Wesley Nunger II. w. iiiDsdaIe.
. homes church y, ii Hadlu X, y. ID. Klmbark.
j. a. Elis, T., 1 II khan, Ira n % mes
A. W. Mack, Chas. L. Wilson, g. L. FlxOm,
Amos T. Hall, III. e. Sargent =. e.. Burley,
Jas. c. Fargo. GeJ 5. Bowen, Ma nan MeREs,
Geo l. Dunlop, WE storey, Q in01 Briggs,
n. K Fairbank, errY ". smith, Peter Pace,
j o. DOre q. NJ Henderson j. Rumsex
q. p A. Healy, II IL hRgle. David CAGE
Il. y. WadswOrth, +. q. Sherman,
The subscription books will close on Saturday. tho
22d OF SEPTEMBER 1865 and he LIST OF Ootobef fol-
lowing, the award Of premiums wi be public made at
the OperA house, under the so direc lon OF com
mttee representing the shareholders of sections OF
the country ana IN manner TO insure entire satsfao
lion to al interested.
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