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  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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  Primrose & West's Minstrels : 'evolution' of the 'song & dance.'

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  Image of a central inset image of caricatured African Americans in formal dresses and suits dancing at a wedding with a band in the background and a bride and groom at the front, with the caption "The Present 'Dancin' wid de bride.'" between an image at left of African tribesmen dancing bare-chested in a grassy area while a man plays drums in the foreground with huts and palm fronds in the background, captioned "The Origin in African Wilds." and an image at right of African Americans dancing on a flat boat on a river while a dog sits at front near a man playing a banjo, with an alcohol bottle in the water and a steamboat visible in background; with ornate yellow border.

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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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  Haverly’s United Mastodon Minstrels : 40 performers 40

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

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