Grand Opera House, London, Ont., programme [microform] : Monday ev' g, March 30th, London Council no. 75, Canadian Order Chosen Friends social entertainment and presentation of banner .
A printed programme for a Monday evening social entertainment at the Grand Opera House in London, Ontario, issued in 1896 for the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends, a fraternal lodge, and its members' guests. The pictures are display type and ornament rather than scenes: a decorative initial letter, a banner-style masthead with a Grand Opera House wordmark, a bold block headline with a geometric border, and a newspaper-style advertisement with a boxed price. A designer could draw on the Victorian mix of ornate capitals, ruled bands, and contrasting heavy and light lettering for period typography.
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