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Title: Barlow, Wilson and Co.’s Mammoth Minstrels : the peoples choice
Creator: W. J. Morgan & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1882
1883
1884
1885
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 twelve-member male and female African American troupe posing in a row outdoors, with men in matching suits and women in matching dresses holding parasols.
Probable date range based on general show history; Barlow, Wilson, & Co.'s Minstrels performed from 1882 until 1885 when Carl Rankin became a partner and the name changed. "J.F.G. [?]"--text, artist's signature, in stone, lower left. "The Aesthetic Song and Dance"--text, bottom centered in title banner. "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. Cleveland. O"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.2 x 108.59 cm (30 x 42 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000469
387570
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2207
Language: English
Subject: African Americans--Performances & portrayals
African Americans--Pictorial works
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Barlow, Wilson and Co.’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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