Nick Wilsey & Tom Osborne's Melodeon (Late Bechtner's Varieties)

Description: With woodcut image of minstrel performer Byron Christy as "Cousin Pompey"
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 186-]
Call number: priJLC_ENT_TBroadsides
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Fostell, Al, (1858-1920,)
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