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The Night Owls beauty show

Description: Image of female jockeys in burlesque outfits riding horses around an outdoor racetrack with the two leading riders waving flags that read "The Night Owls" and "The French Folly Co.", as older men in suits tip their hats to them from the grandstand; with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the "Beauty Show" by the Night Owls Burlesque Company.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1892
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000231
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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The Night Owls

Visual Materials

Image of full-length portraits of five burlesque actors standing or sitting on pedestals in elaborate stage costumes with hats, including one with a stuffed bird, capes, and tights, with a potted palm plant and leafy vine in the background, with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the Night Owls Burlesque Company.

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : scene excitante dans le cirque des enfants, par les mignons poneys Shetland, montes par des singes bavards, vivants, finissant une course chaudement contestee

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Image of monkey jockeys racing Shetland ponies around a grass racetrack in a tented arena as a whiteface clown cheers them on.

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Harvell's condition powders. For horses and cattle

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Image of an advertisement for Harvell's condition powders and Herrick's pills & plasters for livestock; racehorse named Dexter ridden by a jockey at center on a racetrack; grandstand and people viewing the race in background at left.

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The Night Owls Burlesque Company : Lizzie Mulvey and Bella Clifton

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Image of two female burlesque performers, Lizzie Mulvey in a band leader's costume and Bella Clifton (also known as Belle Clifton) doing a pirouette in a ballerina's tutu, posing outdoors on the bank of a pond; circular vignette at top left of an image of an owl in front of the moon.

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Hunterdon county fair

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Image of livestock (horses, cows, and pigs) being shown at the Hunterdon County Fair in Flemington, New Jersey, outside the Horticultural Hall; Agriculture and Machinery buildings also visible; lower image of jockeys racing horses in two-wheeled carts in front of a grandstand full of spectators; text on poster indicates rates of admission, speed premiums, and various attractions.

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : presenting one hundred and fifty horses in “the fete of the garlands.”

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Image of male and female equestrians riding horses through garland arches held up by other riders in a tented circus ring.

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The Night Owls beauty show

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