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Primrose & West’s big minstrels : we are the "scorchers" of minstrelsy

Description
Image of blackface performers riding bicycles on a crowded circular track outdoors with minstrel show proprietors George Primrose and William West riding bicycles in the center foreground and holding up their hats; three chickens and a dog scurry out of the way of the cyclists.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
©1895
Call number
priJLC_ENT_000492
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Arnold, Vic. (approximately 1837-1914.)
Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1820-)
Bencke, Herman. (1868-1903.)
Blue, Ed. (1853-1925.)
Bonar, Thomas. (1843-1895.)
Briggs, A. (-1926.)
Cadwell, William H. (1812-1895.)
Dreser, William, (1824-)
Dunshee, E. S. (active 1870-1880.)
Durkin, J. (1839-1890.)
Etherington, C. (1832-1910.)
Falk, B. J. (1848-1939.)
Frizzell, S. S. (1821-1896.)
Goodman, Arthur Jule, (1834-1904.)
Gurney, Jeremiah, (1836-1918.)
Haehnlen, Jacob, (1850-1901.)
Hallworth, Joseph B.
Hart, Chas.
Hyde, James G.
Lord, F.
Maerz, Alois J.
Magee, John L.
Morgan, Matthew Somerville,
Parsloe, Edmond.
Peel, J. W.
Rimanoczy, A.,
Rothengatter, Emil,
Sarony, Napoleon,
Thomas, Henry Atwell,
Willard, Archibald M.,
Windisch, A.
De La Harpe, Joseph,
Associated organizations
A. Hoen & Co.
A.S. Seer's Printing Establishment (New York, N.Y.)
Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co.
Alfred Mudge and Son.
American Lithographic Co.
American Oleograph Co.
American Show Print (Firm)
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Job Print.
Burk & McFetridge.
Calhoun Printing Company.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Central Lith. & Eng. Co.
Chicago Bank Note Company.
Chicago Lithographing Co.
Clear & Co.
Courier Company.
Currier & Ives.
David Allen & Sons.
Donaldson Litho. Co.
Enquirer Job Printing Co.
Enquirer Litho Co.
Enterprise Litho Co.
Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co.
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
Francis & Valentine.
Goes Lithographic Co.
Graphic Company.
Great Western Pr. Eng. & Lith. Co.
Greve Show Print Co.
H. A. Thomas & Co.
H. A. Thomas & Sterling.
H.A. Thomas & Wylie.
H.C. Miner Litho. Co.
Hatch Lith. Co.
Henry Seibert & Bros.
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.
J.M.W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co.
Kurz & Allison.
Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Liebler & Maass.
MacBrair Lith. Co.
Maerz Lith. Co.
Metropolitan Job Printing and Engraving Establishment.
Metropolitan Print.
N. Currier (Firm)
National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.)
New England Lithographic Co.
New York Popular Publishing Co.
Otis Lithograph Co.
Mesier's Lith.
Phoenix Litho. Co.
Quigley Litho. Co.
R. H. Eichner & Co. Lith.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Riverside Printing Company.
Russell-Morgan Print.
Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.
Shearman & Hart.
Shober & Carqueville.
Springer Litho. Co.
Stafford & Co.
Standard Embossing Co.
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
T. Fitzwilliams and Co.
T. Sinclair & Son.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
U.S. Printing Co.
Thomas, Sterling & Wylie.
Una & Sturn.
W.J. Morgan & Co.
Walker Lith. Pub. Co.
Walle & Co.
Wm. Bengough & Co.
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