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Mme. Rentz’s Minstrels always the best : unique and peerless the fountain head of refined novelty

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Title: Mme. Rentz’s Minstrels always the best : unique and peerless the fountain head of refined novelty
Creator: Maerz Lith. Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Fostell, Al, 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 twenty-two head-and-shoulders vignette portraits of performers, the proprietor, and the manager of Madame Rentz's Minstrels, in formal dress, and captioned with their names: M. B. Leavitt, Prop.; Kit. Clarke, Manag.; Louisa Bliss; Alice Witherell; Bessie Bell; Georgia Powers; Louise Randell; Ella Patey; Zelina Mannheim; Marie Sontag; Caroline Sontag; Tillie [?]; Cora Cardigan; Georgia Marcotte; Eva Loretta; B.S. Hodges; Jen. Powers; Frank Bell; Alfred Huddy; David Schiff; C.F. Lindsey; and B. Kennicott.
Probable date based on show and printer history; Kit Clarke was a manager for M. B. Leavitt from 1877 until 1881 (Rice, Monarchs of minstrelsy, page 124) and Maerz operated in Buffalo for a short time around 1880. "Maerz Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom centered. "The Century's Greatest Success"--text, banner, top of poster. "Every act new / every sketch new, everything novel, / No wornout antiqueties [sic]. / The most prosperous company in the world. / Watch for it! Wait for it!"--text, lower right of poster.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 106.36 x 35.24 cm (41 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000471
387572
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2208
Language: English
Subject: Leavitt, M. B. (Michael B.), 1843-1935
Actors--Portraits
Minstrel shows
Women musicians--Pictorial works
Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits
Madame Rentz’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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