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Haverly’s American United Mastodon Minstrels : realistic reminiscence. Illustrating



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    Image of an exterior view of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., during the 1881 inauguration of President James Garfield with a marching band proceeding up the steps to the Capitol's East Portico before rows of soldiers and crowds of spectators; the band is led by a banner labeled "Haverly's European Mastodon Minstrels."

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    Image of side-by-side eye-level street views of Haverly's Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, at left, with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages in the street and a sign on the adjacent building for the "Office of the National Printing Company 119 Monroe Street"; and Haverly's Theatre in New York City, at right, showing horse-drawn carriages, crowds of people waiting to enter the building, and the "14th Street Station Elevated Rail Road"; with a top center vignette of the exterior of Haverly's Brooklyn Theatre centered amidst a top vignette of a moving passenger railroad train with a cityscape in the background captioned "Haverly's Special Palace Train en route with Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels from."

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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.

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