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Tony Denier’s Humpty Dumpty. : Mammoth double specialty company, all star artists

Description: Image of a royal court of whiteface clowns with a clown king on a throne labeled "The Master Mime" crowning the kneeling clown Alfred Miaco with a laurel wreath, with a line of clowns, a court jester, two female performers, statues on the wall labeled Denier, Fox, and Grimaldi, and a curtain labeled "Afe Llo Wofi Nfi Ni Tej Est"; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of pantomime troupe manager Tony Denier in formal dress at top left in a laurel leaf frame; the poster advertises Denier's Humpty Dumpty Company.
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Date: approximately 188-?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000355
Creator: Last, Jay T

Tony Denier's Alfred the great Miaco clown pantomimist and emperor of the stilts : with Humpty Dumpty newly hatched

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Image of a central scene of caricatures of two male and one female performers on a miniature stage consisting of a blond boy dancing in a sailors suit, presumably Tony Denier, a blond woman dancing in a servant's outfit, presumably Amanda Tissot, and a man with a cane and top hat, presumably Jules Tissot; with head-and-shoulder portrait vignettes presumably of the Tissots and Denier at top; date sheet for a February 22, [1882], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty Pantomime Troupe, with the text for "Mons. and Mlle. Tissot, the Living Automatons" covered by a sheet advertising the clown Alfred Miaco.

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Tony Denier’s new pantomime troupe Humpty Dumpty. : Charles Leroux, the Roman gyrast

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Image of a male gymnast, presumably Charles Leroux, doing flips across horizontal bars in an outdoor clearing surrounded by trees while two whiteface clowns watch, including one who presumably is Alfred F. Miaco; vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of two unidentified men in the top corners, presumably Tony Denier and LeRoux.

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Geo. H. Adams own new Humpty Dumpty Troupe

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Image of three panels showing performances of a whiteface clown and an old man in short pants; the four members of the acrobatic troupe the Martinetti Family in a balancing act with one man standing on two upside down chairs while he holds up two female performers and another man stands on his head; and six vignettes of the Bernardo's jugglers doing juggling acts with knives, balancing tops, and fire sticks, including one before an Egyptian pyramid; the poster advertises the Humpty Dumpty Troupe of George Adams.

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Geo. H. Adams’ new Humpty Dumpty : traveling with his own palace and baggage coaches. Season [18]81-82

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Image of a full-length portrait of performer George H. Adams in a dress coat and whiteface clown makeup holding a closed umbrella; the poster advertises the 1881-1882 season of Humpty Dumpty performed by George Adams.

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Tony Denier … Pantomimic and Novelty Stars for the Season of 1879-'80 … Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty Pantomime Troupe and his Standard Company … City Hall …

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Date sheet for a November 4, [1879], show at an unidentified City Hall pasted at bottom

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Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt : ein wahrer wirrwar der drolligsten einfalle von spassmachern in menge

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Image of whiteface male clown musicians playing various instruments and three female whiteface clowns doing a gymnastic act in a center ring under a circus tent, with additional clowns performing in the background; one clown plays a drum labeled "Barnum & Bailey."

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