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Lester & Allen's big minstrels : "Two new sports in town."

Description: Image of two African American men and two bull dogs walking down a street while African American spectators including women, children, and a police officer look on from the sidewalk and building windows, the men are wearing costumes decorated with playing cards and horseshoes and have top hats, gloves, canes, large diamond tie pins, and rose boutonnieres, and one man holds a $50 dollar bill in his hand; with a date sheet for a November 26, [1885], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted on poster.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1885
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001872
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Minstrels. : New song & dance. - The barbers holiday

Visual Materials

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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American fashions autumn and winter 1852 by Genio C. Scott, No. 130 Broadway New York

Visual Materials

Image of two vignettes featuring primarily men, also women and children outdoors along with an African-American servant and two dogs; fashion details include full skirts and riding habits with jacket bodices for women, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, capes, coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; hunting, sporting, and riding attire including pantaloons, boots, a riding crop, and a rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, women's feathered hats, a shawl, and a parasol; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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American fashions autumn and winter 1852 by Genio C. Scott, No. 130 Broadway New York

Visual Materials

Image of two vignettes featuring primarily men, also women and children outdoors along with an African-American servant and two dogs; fashion details include full skirts and riding habit with jacket bodice for women, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, capes, coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; hunting, sporting, and riding attire including pantaloons, boots, a riding crop, and a rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, women's feathered hats, a shawl, and a parasol; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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American fashions (fall and winter 1860-61) by Genio C. Scott, No. 156 Broadway New-York

Visual Materials

Image of two vignettes featuring men, women, and children, including one African American man; fashion details include Orientalism, riding habit with full skirt and jacket bodice, child's jacket with matching short trousers, men's day and evening wear, overcoat, frock coats and tail coats worn with waistcoats, bow ties and cravats, pantaloons and trousers for men and boys; sporting attire pictured including caps, boots, bag, and rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, gloves, child's cap, and feathered hat; reference key for figures numbered 1-21 in margin.

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Haverly's Minstrels : The picnic. Tableau or "who brought her here.?"

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Image of an outdoor scene depicting the disrupted picnic of a party of African American men and woman in formal dress, who look aghast towards two men standing at center who stare at a woman in a red dress who has fainted, with a picnic blanket and food in disarray, and one man stuffing pieces of pie in into his mouth; in a park-like setting with grass, a fence, and trees in the background.

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Scott's mirror of fashion 615, Broadway New-York

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Image of ten men in two rows showing day and evening wear for men; fashion details include overcoats, jackets, suits, tail coats, trousers, waistcoats, and ties; accessories include bowler and top hats, canes, and gloves.

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Lester & Allen's big minstrels : "Two new sports in town."

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