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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001871
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

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

Visual Materials

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 J. H. Haverly Mastodon Minstrels : "Waltz me again."

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Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of minstrel performer George Wilson in blackface wearing a white suit with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Wilson in formal dress in an oval frame at lower left and captioned "Geo. Wilson."

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J. H. Haverly

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel show proprietor J.H. Haverly in formal dress.

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Haverly’s Genuine Colored Minstrels

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Image of a minstrel blackface marching band, drum major, and an officer on a horse carrying a sword performing outdoors with banners labeled "Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels."

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Haverly’s American United Mastodon Minstrels : realistic reminiscence. Illustrating

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Image of an African American fire brigade, with "40" written on their shirts, standing in two rows and tipping their helmets towards Columbia, the goddess of Liberty, who emerges in the center of the image from the sky with American flags and an eagle; one man stands between the rows of firemen pulling a toy fire engine.

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

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