Image of a minstrel dance scene in an outdoor courtyard with five African American men dancing in the foreground before six dancing African American women holding folding fans and a row of African American soldiers in the background, with a young boy holding a sign labeled "Haverly's Cadets" at right and a boy with two buckets at his feet at left of dancers. Top margin trimmed from local copy; printer supplied by cataloger based on similar item in collection with same artist's signature (priJLC_ENT_000468); probable date range based on artist's history; Morgan worked for the Strobridge Lithograph Company from 1878 until 1885. "Matt Morgan"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 59.06 x 94.3 cm (23 1/4 x 37 1/8 in.)
Haverly’s United American-European Mastodon Minstrels African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works African American boys--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Military parades & ceremonies--Pictorial works Minstrel shows 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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