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Title
Haverly’s Genuine Negro Minstrels : the big black boom
Creator
Morgan, Matthew Somerville, 1839-1890, artist
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a seven-piece minstrel band with African American children, a conductor, and a drummer playing musical instruments outdoors with a sunset behind them.
Margins and title trimmed from local copy; probable date range and printer supplied by cataloger based on artist's history; Morgan worked for the Strobridge Lithograph Company from 1878 until 1885. "Matt Morgan"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left corner.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 58.1 x 93.35 cm (22 7/8 x 36 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000481
387581
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2217
Language
English
Subject
Haverly's United American-European Mastodon Minstrels
African American boys--Pictorial works
African Americans--Performances & portrayals
African Americans--Pictorial works
Bands (Music)--Pictorial works
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Children--Pictorial works
Marching bands--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Musical instruments--Pictorial works
Haverly's Minstrels
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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