Diorama of Jitney Players Stage set
1980s
Fabric, Paper, Wood
9 in. H
X
18 1/2 in. W
X
11 3/4 in. D
Diorama of the Jitney Players stage set and accessories including tent and vehicles, under a plastic protective dome. Items are glued to a piece of 1/2" plywood, painted green. Made using historic pictures of the set.Madison was home to the country's earliest summer theater. First held outdoors in 1918 and later in a barn, the plays were popular fundraisers for charitable causes including post WW I relief, the Madison Historical Society and the preservation of the Lee Academy. The Jitney Players were founded in 1923 by Alice Keating Cheney and her husband, Horace Bushnell (Bush) Cheney. They were headquartered at the Talcott Bradley House on Boston Post Road.Learn more about the Jitney Players at www.shorelinetimes.com/opinion/on-the-road-with-madison-s.....These artifacts were part of the display of historic articles, photos and items at the Madison Historical Society's "Summer Exhibition 2013 and 2014 The Business of Leisure: Madison Welcomes its Summer Colony." See www.madisoncthistorical.org for more on this organization.
2020.023.001