Life and Times of Actress EJ Phillips 
Her dramatic career, cross-country travels, family life,  
Golden Age of the  American theatre, 19th century technologies & Arrival of the  20th century  
Em Turner Nickinson Kuhl and Mary Glen Kuhl Chitty

Elizabeth Jane Phillips Nickinson  1830-1904   
Photographs, playbills, & artifacts   Films    EJP's 150 year old traveling quilt 
About these letters    Book outline    Cast of characters     John Nickinson      Dolman Family 
                                                                                                             EJ Phillips in The Rivals as Mrs. Malaprop, Chestnut St Theatre Philadelphia 1877

Acting life & profession     Plays    Playwrights     Barrymores    Booths    Theatres    Theatre companies & managers  
Gilbert (& Sullivan)   Oscar Wilde, Vera the Nihilist & Lady Windermere's Fan   Shakespeare    Uncle Tom's Cabin and other plays about slavery
Health & Medicine   Sarah Bernhardt's cold prevention recipe      Pregnancy & Childbirth     Babies & single parenthood
Houses, Boarding Houses & Housekeeping     Food    Hotels & hotel life      Costumes, street wear & children's clothes
History  Civil War in Cincinnati    Bartholdi Day & the Statue of Liberty 1886     Centennial  of Washington's Inauguration 1889    Columbian Exposition 1893
Money    Newspapers    Politics  
Strenuous  travel   Climbing Pike's Peak 1883    Railroads    Train wrecks     An EJ Phillips' 21st century railroad trip    

Cities  Baltimore   Boston   Buffalo   Chicago    Cincinnati  Cleveland    Denver    Hamilton Ontario   Los Angeles   Middletown NY    Montreal   New Orleans   New York City 1839-1850   New York Walking Tour    Omaha   Philadelphia   Portland, Oregon   Salt Lake City     San Francisco    Seattle     Texas     Toronto      Vancouver     Washington DC                
Recreations & sports   Baseball   Bicycles  Circuses  Dancing   Fishing   Horse racing & driving   Sleighing   Swimming   Volunteer fire dept and fires
RUM & drinking   Slang
Telecommunications & other technologies   Air conditioning    Electricity     Photography    Transportation  Typewriters                                        
Letters 1883-1901  Arrival of the Twentieth Century   EJ Phillips now on Facebook  please become a fan!

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This site is a treasury of late 19th century American theatrical information, with copious links to major theatrical figures, theatres and productions of the period.  Theatre History on the Web 19th century resources,  Jack Wolcott  http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jw19th.html#resources

Last updated March 2024  Contact us mgchitty@gmail.com 
On the web since 2003.