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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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