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Baird’s Mammoth Minstrels

Description: Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel show proprietor I. W. Baird in an oval frame surrounded by musical instruments and a golden statute of a woman playing a guitar; small date sheet for a show beginning July 26, [1886], at the Bush Street Theatre, [San Francisco, California], pasted in lower right corner.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000467
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee : four of our nation's fun makers

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Image of four head-and-shoulder portraits of minstrel show performers Carroll Johnson, Tom Lewis, Ed. Howard and Geo. B. Mack in blackface in oval frames surrounded by American flags, eagles, and shields; head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor William H. West at top left corner with his signature "W.H. West" below.

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I.W. Baird’s New Orleans Minstrels advance : twelfth annual tour

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel show proprietor I.W. Baird at the top center of an eight-page letterpress newspaper filled with promotional text about the show's 1880-1881 season, as well as advertisements for products and services and two pages of sheet music for the song and chorus of "One Face Alone" by George M. Vickers and "Will you, darling, write to me?" by W.R. Scott.

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I.W. Baird’s famous minstrels : streets blockaded to see the matchless musical & military parade free to all

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Image of a street parade led by a band leader and a row of boys in red Zouave military uniforms holding rifles with bayonets and followed by band members in long formal coats and top hats playing musical instruments and carrying a central banner containing a portrait of minstrel show proprietor I. W. Baird with his signature at lower right of banner.

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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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Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels : the sumptuous scenic surprise the fiesta of flowers. A $10.000,00 feature

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Image of an African American woman, dressed in a ball gown, center stage surrounded by a court of formally dressed men bowing to her with an orchestra in the balcony behind; vignette of a small head-and-shoulders profile portrait of show proprietor Al G. Field at top left.

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Sprague’s Original Georgia Minstrels

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Image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits and sitting with their musical instruments on a curtained stage; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Z. W. Sprague at top centered with four corner vignettes of minstrel performers consisting of a man gesturing at top left, a man dancing at top right, a man in a hobo costume holding an umbrella and jumping at bottom right, and two men in hobo costumes playing a banjo and tambourine at bottom left.

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Baird’s Mammoth Minstrels

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