About this image...

Image Title: United In Misery, 1885

Creator: Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist

Date: 1885 March 18.

Summary: Illustration shows a minister and a "theater manager" crying because of poor attendance at sermons and theater closures due to "poor business"; a young boy on roller skates is nearby with a sandwich board that states "Sunday evening sermon by the Rev. Dr. Gums, on the Sin of Roller Skating". A crowd of people are standing at the entrance to a "Roller-Skating Rink" in the background.

Subjects: Clergy--1880-1890
Crying--1880-1890
Fads--1880-1890
Roller skating--1880-1890
Sandwich boards--1880-1890
Skating rinks--1880-1890
Theaters--1880-1890

Original Media: Chromolithograph

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