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Title: I.W. Baird’s New Orleans Minstrels advance : twelfth annual tour
Creator: Alfred Mudge and Son, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
J.C., former owner
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
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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 a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel show proprietor I.W. Baird at the top center of an eight-page letterpress newspaper filled with promotional text about the show's 1880-1881 season, as well as advertisements for products and services and two pages of sheet music for the song and chorus of "One Face Alone" by George M. Vickers and "Will you, darling, write to me?" by W.R. Scott.
Letterpress type with engraved images; probable date based on item text. "Circulation, Half a Million."--text, top left corner. "For the Season of 1880-81"--text, top right corner. "Published Daily. Devoted to Minstrelsy and Music."--text, top centered. "Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street, Boston."--text, bottom margin centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 37.47 x 26.67 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000972
387613
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1794
Language: English
Subject: Baird, I. W., -1908--Portraits
Minstrel music
Minstrel shows
Sheet music
Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits
I.W. Baird's New Orleans Minstrels
Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Advertisements. (gmgpc)
Newspapers. (gmgpc)
Theater programs--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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