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.
Image of a central image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits sitting on a stage and holding musical instruments and surrounded by top and bottom vignettes of male and female minstrels dancing and performing skits in costumes; with three caricatures of performers at top of image.
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.
Image of a central image of a horse-drawn cart with a driver and two male passengers on a rural country road with a hay bale and cabin in the background, surrounded by nine vignettes of full-length portraits of performers including a female performer in a formal gown singing from sheet music, a man dressed as Uncle Sam with a carpet bag, a male minstrel performer dancing in blackface, and a young boy; the vignettes are set against a background of green clover; the poster advertises Howorth's Hibernica Comedy Company.
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.
Image of a minstrel dance scene in an outdoor courtyard with five African American men dancing in the foreground before six dancing African American women holding folding fans and a row of African American soldiers in the background, with a young boy holding a sign labeled "Haverly's Cadets" at right and a boy with two buckets at his feet at left of dancers.
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