Theater playbill for "Washburn's Last Sensation" at Edwards' Hall, Southbridge, October 14, 1875
Contributors: Edwards Hall (Southbridge, Mass.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Evening Express Printing, Designing and Engraving Co.
Published: 1875
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Other titles: Washburn's last sensation; Washburn's last sensation, the moral show of the age embracing performances of every clime
Description: Edwards' Hall, Southbridge, Thursday, Oct. 14, 1875. One night only. "Washburn's Last Sensation" The moral show of the age, embracing performances of every clime. A larger company and more novelties than are produced in any four hall organizations combined. 4 Complete Exhibitions 4 comprise this one collossal alliance, all exhibited the same evening, and for one price of admission ... Six genuine wild Indians! From the great Chippewa Nation, inhabiting the Western shores of Lake Superior. The troupe of Indians consisting of chiefs & braves ... Names of the chiefs and braves: Sa-Gis-Ma, or Burning Sky, O-Ka-Te-Wau-La, or, Shining Water, Tah-Har-Gust-Ta-Hou-Gan, or, Big Thunder, the Indian medicine prophet. Ne-No-As-Ta, or, Burnt Wood, Ta-Har-Do-Da-Ta, or, Spotted Snake, Ka-Ka-Ga-Hon-Ka, or Black Bear ... The following sacred dances ... The beautififul hisotrical scene of Pocahontas , saving the life of Capt. John Smith! In which the young squaw Neoskaleeta willl appear as Pocahontas. Grand scalping scene! ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Printed on both sides of sheet. Caption on verso: Washburn's last sensation! The great moral show of the age, devoted exclusively to science, music and history.

LC copy rehoused: 2014-08-14. Shelved in Oversize.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920. Program available in digital form under title: Washburn's last sensation, the moral show of the age embracing performances of every clime ...

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).