Image of seven captioned vignettes of minstrel show acts: "Haverly's Double California Quartette Assisted by 8 Choristers" with eight men in blackface holding songbooks and singing in a row at top left; "Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels on the grand Parade" with a marching band performing on a street at top center; "The Eight Eminent End Men" with blackface men dancing and holding tambourines at top right; "Haverly's Great Extensive First Part. Numbering Forty Celebrated Artists" with men in blackface sitting in an orchestra, dancing, and playing musical instruments at center; "The Resplendent Clog Tournament" with costumed men in blackface dancing at lower left; a formal head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Jack Haverly at bottom center; and "The Mammoth Song and Dance Festival" with men and women in blackface dancing at bottom right. Poster likely issued in 1881 based on month and day in item text. "Copy-right secured by A.A. Stewart, 1878."--text, lower left. "Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin. O."--text, bottom left. "J.H. Haverly. / Proprietor."--text, top left. "Chas. Frohman. Manager."--text, top right. "Haverly's / Mammoth Drum / Awarded the / First Prize / at the / American / Centennial / Exposition / Philadelphia / 1876 / Height 6 Feet."--text, center right of image, on drum. "Matt Morgan"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right. "Haverly's Theatre 12 Nights and 6 Matinees, / Commencing / Monday, Dec. 26"--text, bottom margin.
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1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.79 x 103.51 cm (30 5/8 x 40 3/4 in.)
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