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Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera
Series II. Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera (large size)
Subseries B. Minstrel (large size)
Lew Dockstader’s Minstrels : Dave Foy the Goliath of comedy

Visual Materials

Lew Dockstader’s Minstrels : Dave Foy the Goliath of comedy

Description: Image of a full-length portrait of minstrel show performer Dave Foy in blackface.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1893
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000499
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.

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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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