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[Acrobats and jockeys]

Description: Image of thirteen acrobats in blackface performing in a fenced outdoor ring with a row of twelve jockeys, each holding a riding crop, standing in formation behind them; with trees, a gazebo with a white flag emblazoned with a red horseshoe on the roof, and rolling hills in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1878 and 1885?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000493
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

[Three minstrel scenes of actors, acrobats and dancers]

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Image of three unattached panels with images of blackface actors, acrobats, and dancers performing outdoors and consisting of male and female costumed actors performing a theatrical scene, thirteen identically dressed acrobats in midair doing flips in unison, and six couples dancing.

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Image of numerous circus performances occurring simultaneously in a tented arena, including acrobats jumping in the air, aerialists swinging from trapezes, a whiteface clown gesturing, an equestrian in a ring with three horses, and lions performing in a cage.

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Hobart’s big united circus acts

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Image of a central circus ring with multiple simultaneous performances including horses standing on a pyramid platform, Japanese acrobats, costumed monkeys doing acrobatic acts, and performing dog, with spectators in the background; with text advertising a September 16-18 show in Ord, Nebraska.

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Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : one group of the many superb and most sagacious stallions. The noblest & most beautiful horses, in original wise and graceful tricks

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Image of a male horse trainer performing with thirteen horses in a circus ring; portraits of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey at left.

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[Collage of a burlesque and minstrel performers and acts]

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Image of a collage of vignettes of burlesque, acrobatic, and minstrel acts and performers centered between two standing burlesque dancers in red costumes and including vignettes of the head-and-shoulders of fourteen female performers in formal dress, acrobats performing on bars, trapezes, and in balancing acts on balls and on a tightrope high wire, rows of men dancing with some in blackface, a group of female dancers with jump ropes, and a male minstrel troupe with musical instruments.

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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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[Acrobats and jockeys]

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