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[Collage of a burlesque and minstrel performers and acts]

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000260
Creator: Last, Jay T

Petts & Straffin’s : Minstrels Co. burlesque opera troupe

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Image of a central image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits sitting on a stage and holding musical instruments and surrounded by top and bottom vignettes of male and female minstrels dancing and performing skits in costumes; with three caricatures of performers at top of image.

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[Six minstrel performers dancing]

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Image of caricatures of six male and female minstrel show performers dancing as couples against a solid black background.

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : Déry the most intricate and difficult balancing act in the world. : the 3 Lienerts sensational act the promenade on the horizontal mirror. : The 3 Arleys marvelous act performing the feats exactly as shown in the picture

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Image of three different acrobatic acts being performed before spectators under a circus tent: two male acrobats balancing on a stack of tables, three female circus performers standing upside down on a mirror suspended from the ceiling, and six male acrobats performing balancing acts with poles; small vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey in upper left corner.

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Henry E. Dixey supported by Rice & Dixey’s Big Burlesque Co. in Adonis

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Image of a central image of a carnival with four female performers dancing around the American actor Henry Dixey, dressed in historical costume as Adonis, with four head-and-shoulder portraits of the female dancers at top and a vignette portrait framed with flowers of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a sad young woman with a red heart being chopped by an ax; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill.

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The Adah Richmond : American Burlesque Company

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Image of an open gold pocket watch containing a central head-and-shoulders portrait of a female performer in formal dress, presumably burlesque actor and singer Adah Richmond, surrounded by twelve smaller head-and-shoulder portraits of unidentified male and female performers.

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I.W. Baird's Famous Minstrels : perfect in every detail - strong and solid

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Image of a street scene with a man in a suit, presumably minstrel show proprietor I.W. Baird, holding a bunch of balloons with fourteen of the balloons showing a different minstrel show scene including dancing, acrobatics, singing, drama, and musical performances by costumed performers, female impersonators, and performers in blackface; an older African American man lies on the street touching the balloons, with two dogs and spectators looking on.

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[Collage of a burlesque and minstrel performers and acts]

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