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Title: Tony Pastor’s Grand Company : Callan Haley and Callan
Creator: H. A. Thomas & Sterling, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1881
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of six vignettes of minstrel performers John Callan, Maurice Haley, and James Callan consisting of three individual head-and-should portraits of the Callans and Haley in formal dress and three scenes of the performers wearing costumes and performing in blackface including a scene with one man dressed as a female impersonator and a scene with one man wearing a jacket with the word "RATS" on the back while another of the troupe measures the size of his skull with a measuring instrument.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on year of newspaper advertisements promoting the group with Tony Pastor's Grand Company. "H.A. Thomas & Sterling / Art Lithographs / 7 East 19th St. N.Y."--text, bottom left. "Electric 3"--text, repeated at right and left borders. "3 Vocalists / 3 Dancers / 3 Acrobats / 3 Comedians"--text, bottom of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.75 x 77.15 cm (20 3/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000510
387682
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2295
Language: English
Subject: Callan, James (Entertainer)--Portraits
Callan, John (Entertainer)--Portraits
Haley, Maurice, -1890--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
African Americans--Performances & portrayals
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Callan, John--Performances
Haley, Maurice--Performances
Callan, James--Performances
Tony Pastor’s Grand Company
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Minstrel
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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