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The world famed Moore & Burgess Minstrels

Description: Image of a caricature of an African American musician wearing a red-white-and-blue top hat sitting on the back of a chair while playing a banjo and singing with a sign hanging from the title that reads "Fun without vulgarity" and text on the sole of the musician's shoe "All the Year Round"; date sheet for shows at Albert Hall in Nottingham, England, in top margin.
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Date: approximately 1898?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000504
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Don’t stop us: we are off to Moore & Burgess" minstrels

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Image of a caricature of a couple in blackface riding on a tandem bicycle in formal dress and large hats; date sheet for shows at Albert Hall in Nottingham, England, printed in top margin.

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Sprague’s Original Georgia Minstrels

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Image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits and sitting with their musical instruments on a curtained stage; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Z. W. Sprague at top centered with four corner vignettes of minstrel performers consisting of a man gesturing at top left, a man dancing at top right, a man in a hobo costume holding an umbrella and jumping at bottom right, and two men in hobo costumes playing a banjo and tambourine at bottom left.

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The world famed M’me Rentz’s celebrated minstrels

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Image of a group portrait of a female musical group dressed in formal gowns and seated in a row under a loggia with a lake and trees in the background, with some playing musical instruments including violins, a flute, horn, harp, and cello and accompanied by one male member seated in the center and two male members in blackface at each end also playing instruments; thirteen vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of the female performers in formal dress above the central image.

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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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The great Sunday World convention number July 5th

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Image of an advertisement for the New York Sunday World featuring a caricature lion head, a large question mark, and a kicking mule or donkey standing on top of an oversized silver dollar coin.

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The world famed Moore & Burgess Minstrels

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