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Haverly’s United Mastodon Minstrels : 40 performers 40

Description: 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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Date: approximately 1879
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000482

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.

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H.R.H. the prince of Wales and the royal family, visiting Her Majesty's Theatre in London, to witness the performance of Haverly’s European United Mastodon Minstrels

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Image of a horse-drawn carriage carrying Edward, the Prince of Wales, and his wife and four children through the street before Her Majesty's Theatre in London, England, with crowds of spectators lining the street behind soldiers on horseback.

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H.R.H. the prince of Wales and the royal family, visiting Her Majesty's Theatre in London, to witness the performance of [Haverly’s European United Mastodon Minstrels]

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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."

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Haverly’s European Mastodon Minstrels : Haverly's theatre 12 nights and 6 matinees, commencing Monday, Dec. 26

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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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Haverly’s United Mastodon Minstrels : 40 performers 40

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

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H.R.H. the prince of Wales and the royal family, visiting Her Majesty's Theatre in London, to witness the performance of [Haverly’s European United Mastodon Minstrels]

Haverly’s Genuine Colored Minstrels

Haverly’s European Mastodon Minstrels : Haverly's theatre 12 nights and 6 matinees, commencing Monday, Dec. 26