ANTIQUE 1911 PROGRAM SARAH BERNHARDT THE TOLER AUDITORIUM WICHITA KANSAS LOT For Sale

Up for sale is an incredibly rare, authentic 115-year-old antique souvenir program from legendary French stage superstar Mme. Sarah Bernhardt\'s historic 1911 American tour.This program documents her specific performance on Friday, April 28, 1911, at The Toler Auditorium in Wichita, Kansas, where she performed her celebrated signature role in \"La Dame aux Camélias\" (Camille).Provenance & Date Clarification Note:

• Included with this lot is an old 2014 dealer sales receipt from American Artifacts that erroneously lists this item as being from the 1906 tour.
• While the interior printed timeline notes her previous April 6, 1906, appearance at the Toler, this program is actually from her highly anticipated 1911 return engagement at the exact same venue.The front cover explicitly states the performance was on \"Friday, Apr. 28.\" In 1906, April 28th fell on a Saturday, whereas in 1911 it fell precisely on a Friday. Furthermore, a contemporary theatergoer neatly calculated Bernhardt\'s exact age (67) in pencil on the timeline page, subtracting her birth year (1844) from the current year of 1911.This historic lot includes:
  • The Core 8.25\" x 5\" Program: Features a stunning cover profile portrait of Bernhardt. The interior contains her official printed career chronology, unique contemporary handwritten notations, and fantastic local turn-of-the-century Wichita advertisements like the Boston Store and the Missouri Pacific Railway (\"Three Trains Daily\").
  • The Back Cover: Features a full-page, elegant gold-embossed advertisement for Geo. Innes & Co. (\"This State\'s Largest and Most Popular Store\" on North Main Street).
  • The Separate Insert: A loose, double-sided printed sheet detailing the full 5-Act story synopsis for La Dame aux Camélias, concluding with the famous line: \"Sleep in peace, Marguerite. Much will be pardoned you, for you have loved much.\"
  • The 2014 Sales Slip: Included strictly for archive and purchasing provenance, despite the dealer\'s original date error.
  A highly collectible, exceptionally documented piece of early 20th-century Midwestern theatrical and railroad ephemera. Sold exactly as pictured.