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[Three minstrel scenes of actors, acrobats and dancers]

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Description: Image of three unattached panels with images of blackface actors, acrobats, and dancers performing outdoors and consisting of male and female costumed actors performing a theatrical scene, thirteen identically dressed acrobats in midair doing flips in unison, and six couples dancing.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1878 and 1885?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000509
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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[Acrobats and jockeys]

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Image of thirteen acrobats in blackface performing in a fenced outdoor ring with a row of twelve jockeys, each holding a riding crop, standing in formation behind them; with trees, a gazebo with a white flag emblazoned with a red horseshoe on the roof, and rolling hills in the background.

priJLC_ENT_000493

Haverly’s European Mastodon Minstrels : 40 original 40

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Image of seven captioned vignettes of minstrel show acts: "Haverly's Double California Quartette Assisted by 8 Choristers" with eight men in blackface holding songbooks and singing in a row at top left; "Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels on the grand Parade" with a marching band performing on a street at top center; "The Eight Eminent End Men" with blackface men dancing and holding tambourines at top right; "Haverly's Great Extensive First Part. Numbering Forty Celebrated Artists" with men in blackface sitting in an orchestra, dancing, and playing musical instruments at center; "The Resplendent Clog Tournament" with costumed men in blackface dancing at lower left; a formal head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Jack Haverly at bottom center; and "The Mammoth Song and Dance Festival" with men and women in blackface dancing at bottom right.

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Haverly’s United Mastodon Minstrels : a few of the principal attractions

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Image of seven captioned vignettes of minstrel show acts: "Haverly's Double California Quartette Assisted by 8 Choristers" with eight men in blackface holding songbooks and singing in a row at top left; "Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels on the grand Parade" with a marching band performing on a street at top center; "The Eight Eminent End Men" with blackface men dancing and holding tambourines at top right; "Haverly's Great Extensive First Part. Numbering Forty Celebrated Artists" with men in blackface sitting in an orchestra, dancing, and playing musical instruments at center; "The Resplendent Clog Tournament" with costumed men in blackface dancing at lower left; a formal head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Jack Haverly at bottom center; and "The Mammoth Song an Dance Festival" with men and women in blackface dancing at bottom right.

priJLC_ENT_000483

[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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Hobart’s big united circus acts

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Image of a central circus ring with multiple simultaneous performances including horses standing on a pyramid platform, Japanese acrobats, costumed monkeys doing acrobatic acts, and performing dog, with spectators in the background; with text advertising a September 16-18 show in Ord, Nebraska.

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Haverly’s Genuine Colored Minstrels

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Image of a minstrel blackface marching band, drum major, and an officer on a horse carrying a sword performing outdoors with banners labeled "Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels."

priJLC_ENT_000480

[Three minstrel scenes of actors, acrobats and dancers]

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