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Title: The J. H. Haverly Mastodon Minstrels : "Waltz me again."
Creator: H.C. Miner Litho. Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
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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 Wilson in blackface wearing a white suit with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Wilson in formal dress in an oval frame at lower left and captioned "Geo. Wilson."
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on newspaper advertisements for the show around 1900-1902. "Direction of / W.E. Nankeville"--text, upper right. "The / H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y."--text, lower right. "9081"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 105.73 x 70.49 cm (41 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000485
387660
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2221
Language: English
Subject: Haverly's United American-European Mastodon Minstrels
Wilson, George, 1844---Portraits
Actors--Portraits
African Americans--Performances & portrayals
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits
Haverly’s United American-European Mastodon Minstrels
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints--Color. (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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