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Nuevo Programa por el Celebre Cantante Leroy poster

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter on Jan 30th, 2021. Artwork published in .
Nuevo Programa por el Celebre Cantante Leroy poster
Source: lapatria.uy License: All Rights Reserved.

From the collection of the National Library of Urugay, as collected on La Patria:

Casino Montevideo
Hoy Martes 11 de Febrero de 1908
Sorprendente
Nuevo Programa
por el
CELEBRE CANTATE
LEROY
Todo el mundo
Al Casino!
ESTRENO
Por el biografo – La emaciante vista
EL VIEJO CAJERO
Esplendido Espectáculo

The poster announces a show by “the famous singer Leroy”, presenting a “surprising new program” at the Montevideo Casino. Translation and (un)identified typefaces follow below:

“Casino” — French Antique/Clarendon Extended
“Calle Florida” — (a) French Clarendon
“Telephone“ — a Fat Face
“Montevideo” — not yet identified
“Today Tuesday February 11 1908” — Columbus
“Surprising New Program” — Bradley
“for the famous singer” – (a) French Clarendon
“Leroy” — This eccentric sans serif is similar to Ronaldson Gothic, Stephenson Blake’s Arabian and Sezessions-Grotesk – more even in ABC Type’s version named Text Gothic (2004).
“All the world to the Casino!” — Columbus
“PREMIERE”— Columbus
“By the biographer – The emaciating sight” — Boutique
“The Old Cashier” – a yet unidentified squarish gothic.
“Splendid Show” — Antique Extended.

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  • French Antique/Clarendon Extended
  • French Clarendon
  • Columbus
  • Bradley
  • Boutique
  • Antique Extended
  • unidentified typeface

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