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George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson’s Minstrels : George Thatcher America's greatest minstrel and punster

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Title: George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson’s Minstrels : George Thatcher America's greatest minstrel and punster
Creator: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1884
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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 three-quarter-length portrait of minstrel performer George Thatcher at upper left, with a full-length portrait of Thatcher in blackface dressed as a character at lower right.
Probable date based on printer's job number in item text. "The / Forbes / Co. / Boston / & / N.Y."--text, lower right. "#70 / 9-21-89"--text, bottom center.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 101.28 x 73.03 cm (39 7/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000473
387574
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2209
Language: English
Subject: Thatcher, George, 1846---Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Thatcher, George--Performances
George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson’s Minstrels
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (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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