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Denman Thompson as Uncle Josh

Description: Image of male and female partygoers dancing and socializing in a ball room with a piano and golden statues while the American actor Denman Thompson stands in the center of the room wearing socks and a homely outfit, as the country bumpkin character Uncle Josh Whitcomb, dancing with a young woman, with his boots on the floor at lower left; the other guests, dressed in formal gowns and tail coats, look on; gold frame border around scene; the poster presumably advertises the comedy "Joshua Whitcomb" created and performed by Thompson.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1875 and 1885
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000284
Creator: Last, Jay T

[Proof sheet of six images with flowers, girl, thread, and pins]

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Image of a proof sheet of six blank calendar pages (each with room for 2 months) with flowers, a young woman, socks and other clothing hanging on clotheslines, thread, and pins.

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John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world."

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Image of a train platform with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant with his back turned, a female impersonator, and a man with a monkey sitting on a box on his back, standing at center with luggage and trunks and a crowd of passengers watching from a railroad train car labeled "Drawing Room Car"; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes").

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Marston’s Uncle Tom’s cabin

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Image of an older African American man, the character Uncle Tom, saying goodbye to his wife and two children who sleep in a bed, with a white woman, dog, and fireplace also in the room; the poster advertises the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" produced by Marston's Company and based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Image of a central image of an older African American man in a torn shirt and suspenders kneeling before Abraham Lincoln who holds a handwritten copy of the “Emancipation Proclamation” with broken shackles at his feet, captioned “Abolition of Slavery”; with an upper-left image of Eliza, a young mother, and a young girl coming to Uncle Tom and his wife, who holds a candle, in their pajamas before their cabin at night, captioned “Eliza seeking protection of Uncle Tom”; a lower-left image of Eva, a young blond girl lying in a small bed with white and African American mourners crowding around the bed and a night stand with a cup, small bottle, and box on it, captioned “Death of Eva”;an upper-right image of an African American man and woman dancing in the front yard of a cabin in a wooded area with African American onlookers and a man playing a banjo, captioned “Pastimes in the sunny South”; a lower-right image of Topsy, a young African American girl wearing a potato sack dress that read “18 [space] CH,” throwing a bonnet while sitting on a messy floor next to a can while a white woman in formal dress looks on aghast; the poster presumably advertises an Uncle Tom’s Cabin show.

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The Century for November : beginning a year of American humor

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Image of an advertisement for the Century magazine November 1901 issue; bust-length portraits of ten American male authors (Josh Billings, E.W. Townsend, Mark Twain, Eugene Field, Artemus Ward, Bill Nye, P.V. Nasby, A.P. Dunne, F.R. Stockton, and J.C. Harris) flank a stylized botanical illustration with advertising text.

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John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world"

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Image of an outdoor scene with a horse-drawn wagon labeled "John Thompsons Express no. 1" being driven by a driver down a dirt road with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant in the cart; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes").

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Denman Thompson as Uncle Josh

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