John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world"

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  John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world."

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  Image of a train platform with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant with his back turned, a female impersonator, and a man with a monkey sitting on a box on his back, standing at center with luggage and trunks and a crowd of passengers watching from a railroad train car labeled "Drawing Room Car"; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes").

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  John E. Owens in his famous pathetic & comic characters

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  Image of a central vignette of a family sitting in a dining room on a snowy evening while a man lies dead on the ground next to a gun outside and a couple embraces in a barn, captioned "Dot, or the cricket on the hearth," with a top center vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens in formal dress, seven vignettes of portraits of Owens dressed as characters, captioned "Perkyn Middlewick the butterman," "Joshua Butterby," "Paul Pry," "John Unit," Major Wellington de Boots," Solon Shingle," and Dr. Pangloss, L.L.D. & A.S.S.," and six additional smaller vignettes of dramatic scenes.

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  Subseries B. Minstrel (large size)

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  This subseries contains 61 large-size items that pertain to minstrel show entertainment primarily in the United States from the 1850s to the 1920s. The majority of items consist of lithographic posters related to minstrel dance, comedic, and musical acts, often with caricatured depictions of African Americans; blackface entertainers both in costume and in formal dress; and female minstrels.

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  Kiralfy Bros. new brilliant production : around the world in 80 days

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  Image of a large group of female performers in a variety of international costumes standing and sitting with vases, banners, curtains, and columns, and a sign reading "Porselin[sic]"; vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of two men, presumably Bolossy Kiralfy and Imre Kiralfy in ovals at top right; the poster advertises the play "Around the World in Eighty Days" based on the novel by Jules Verne.

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  The star boarder : imitations of "Sousa" the march king in his latest poses by Charles H. Boyle

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  Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Charles Boyle surrounded by seven full-length portraits of Boyle dressed in a military-style marching band leader's costume with a baton and music stand impersonating the American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Star-Boarder."

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  Harry Webber : [Nip and Tuck Detectives]

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  Image of two men racing carts driven by snorting horses down a crowded city street and being chased by a police officer with angry pedestrians, a dog, and storefronts in the background; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in forma dress at upper left; unfinished title panel has horseshoe decoration; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."

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