Levee scene on the Mississippi

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  Scene on the upper Mississippi

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  Image of the steamboats Baltic and Diana sailing up the Mississippi River at night; raft along a small dock being loaded with lumber near trees in the foreground, one additional steamboat on the river in the distance.

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  The world famed Moore & Burgess Minstrels

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  Image of a caricature of an African American musician wearing a red-white-and-blue top hat sitting on the back of a chair while playing a banjo and singing with a sign hanging from the title that reads "Fun without vulgarity" and text on the sole of the musician's shoe "All the Year Round"; date sheet for shows at Albert Hall in Nottingham, England, in top margin.

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  Midnight race on the Mississippi

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  Image of two steamboats, the Danna (possibly a misspelling of "Diana") and the Fulton racing along the Mississippi River; spectators can be seen standing along a small dock at left near a stand of trees.

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  The great jubilee scene

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  Image of a group of African American men, women, and a child dancing outdoors and singing with their hands in the air.

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  Contrabands

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  Image of African American "contraband" men dancing and playing banjo at night in a Union military camp during the American Civil War; three soldiers, including two African American men, look on near a campfire in front of a tent with an American flag flying above it.

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  The brook : Salsburys Troubadours

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  Image of a group of eight female and male performers in a rowboat on a lake with individuals playing a violin to two howling dogs, rowing the boat, looking through a telescope at a hat, singing from sheet music, popping the cork on a bottle of champagne, catching a turtle on a fishing line, and playing a practical joke with a frog; the poster advertises the musical comedy "The Brook" performed by Salsbury's Troubadours.

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