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Petts & Straffin’s : Minstrels Co. burlesque opera troupe

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1885
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000506
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

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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[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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[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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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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Galaxy of stars : minstrels

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Image of a parade of minstrel performers in blackface led by a horse-drawn carriage through an outdoor park space, and followed by a marching band playing musical instruments and men in yellow coats and top hats, with a railroad caboose labeled "Galaxy of Stars / Minstrels" in the background and spectators watching the procession.

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Petts & Straffin’s : Minstrels Co. burlesque opera troupe

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