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Snelbaker’s majestic consolidation

Description: Image of three head-and-shoulders portraits of the three Brazziers: William, George, and Rufus wearing formal dress, with four vignettes of the acrobatic dancing troupe, known as "grotesque elastic dancers," performing as clowns and dancers in a skirt, with a king's crown, and in black bodysuits atop a table and chair and three barrels; the poster advertises the troupe's act with Colonel Thomas E. Snelbaker traveling "Majestic Consolidation" show.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000463
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

[Collage of a burlesque and minstrel performers and acts]

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Image of a collage of vignettes of burlesque, acrobatic, and minstrel acts and performers centered between two standing burlesque dancers in red costumes and including vignettes of the head-and-shoulders of fourteen female performers in formal dress, acrobats performing on bars, trapezes, and in balancing acts on balls and on a tightrope high wire, rows of men dancing with some in blackface, a group of female dancers with jump ropes, and a male minstrel troupe with musical instruments.

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Geo. H. Adams own new Humpty Dumpty Troupe

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Image of three panels showing performances of a whiteface clown and an old man in short pants; the four members of the acrobatic troupe the Martinetti Family in a balancing act with one man standing on two upside down chairs while he holds up two female performers and another man stands on his head; and six vignettes of the Bernardo's jugglers doing juggling acts with knives, balancing tops, and fire sticks, including one before an Egyptian pyramid; the poster advertises the Humpty Dumpty Troupe of George Adams.

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the great Florenz Troupe 12 in number

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Image of a cartouche containing a group portrait of the Florenz Troupe, comprised of two female and ten male acrobats dressed in formal dress, centered within a large outdoor scene of the group performing two acrobatic routines simultaneously at left and right.

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The new 8 bells : the famous brothers Byrne in the everlasting success

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Image of head-and-shoulders portraits of the four brothers who comprised the acrobatic comedy troupe the Byrne Brothers: John F. Byrne, James Byrne, Andrew, Byne, and Matthew Byrne, in oval frames decorated with flowers and leaves; the poster advertises the pantomime-comedy the "New Eight Bells."

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Tony Denier’s Humpty Dumpty. : Mammoth double specialty company, all star artists

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Image of a royal court of whiteface clowns with a clown king on a throne labeled "The Master Mime" crowning the kneeling clown Alfred Miaco with a laurel wreath, with a line of clowns, a court jester, two female performers, statues on the wall labeled Denier, Fox, and Grimaldi, and a curtain labeled "Afe Llo Wofi Nfi Ni Tej Est"; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of pantomime troupe manager Tony Denier in formal dress at top left in a laurel leaf frame; the poster advertises Denier's Humpty Dumpty Company.

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Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt : ein wahrer wirrwar der drolligsten einfalle von spassmachern in menge

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Image of whiteface male clown musicians playing various instruments and three female whiteface clowns doing a gymnastic act in a center ring under a circus tent, with additional clowns performing in the background; one clown plays a drum labeled "Barnum & Bailey."

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Snelbaker’s majestic consolidation

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