Publisher: Dr Frisch & Co., Vienna.

Format: Softcover octavo, staple bound, with letterpress and colour lithograph wrappers, cover signed “A. Stadler” in image lower right, 8pp, 25.4 x 16.2cm

Text translated from German includes “Owner: Ph. Aigner. Vienna 1, Annagasse 3. Price 30 Heller.”

This programme advertises a series of dance performances: ballet, acrobatics, gypsy dancing, and modern dance. Adverts for luxury products throughout include for Russian caviar, French champagne, culinary shops, photography studios, linen and bridal outfits, and “tea, tableware & luxury bakery” houses.

Scarce programme for a Viennese ballroom bar at the height of the city’s modernity. Vienna during this period was undergoing a Social Democratic revolution to improve public education, healthcare, and sanitation, “while attempting to create the architectural foundation for a new socialist lifestyle.” Ref: Wiki.

Creases, minor foxing and discolouration to cover.