Dick's parlor exhibitions containing a large and varied collection of elegant home amusements .. (1882)
Dick, William Brisbane. [from old catalog] · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 36
ELABORATE TABLEAUX V IV ANTS. 30 front of the lamp. The top light is indispensable, and it can be easily arranged by any gas-fitter, but in case there is no gas in the hall, a row of large kerosene lamps must be placed above the front of the stage with a sheet of tin behind each, to throw the light… … To make a boat, which will be needed for many scenes, lay three boards upon the floor side by side, so that they will fit together very closely at the edge ; the dimensions should be about fourteen feet in length, ten inches in width, and half an inch in thickness. Planed white-wood, or clear pine…
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