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Howard Athenaeum Star Specialty Co. of Boston

Description: Image of acrobats Leroux and Wilton swinging on bars in a gymnastic routine on a porch with trees and decorated columns in the background; head-and-shoulders portraits of Leroux (presumably Charles LeRoux) and Wilton at corners.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1887
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000392
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
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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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Image of an older African American man holding a cane and carpetbag, with a rural cabin in the background; the poster presumably advertises the sketch "Way Down South" performed by blackface actor Frank Howard with Hyde's Star Specialty Company under the management of James Hyde.

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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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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus : the Great Otari Troupe in startling mid-air flights from a huge aerial cross

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Image of eight male and six female aerialists swinging from trapeze bars hanging from a huge lit aerial cross.

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Howard Star Company. : The American star comique, Gus. Williams

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams in formal dress.

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Al. G. Barnes quality circus of the world "the show that's different" : Champion artists present the supreme circus of all times

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Image of numerous circus performances occurring simultaneously in a tented arena, including acrobats jumping in the air, aerialists swinging from trapezes, a whiteface clown gesturing, an equestrian in a ring with three horses, and lions performing in a cage.

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Howard Athenaeum Star Specialty Co. of Boston

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