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Title: Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West’s Mammoth Minstrels : the people's choice
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
1881
1882
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 full-length group portrait of show proprietors Milt G. Barlow, Geo. Wilson, G. H. Primrose and W. H. West, with the signature of each man printed below his image, standing around a fishbowl in a parlor with floor-length curtains framing the scene; a bald eagle with spread wings holds a "WBPW" monogram and a medal labeled "The People's Choice" from its beak, at top center.
Probable date range based on general show history and printer history; Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West's Minstrels performed from 1877 until 1882 and the Strobridge Lithographing Company operated under that name beginning in 1880. "The Strobridge Lithographing Co, Cincinnati, O."--text, bottom right.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.79 x 105.41 cm (30 5/8 x 41 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000470
387571
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2201
Language: English
Subject: Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West's Minstrels
Barlow, Milt G. (Milton G.), 1843-1904--Portraits
Primrose, George--Portraits
West, William H., 1853-1902--Portraits
Wilson, George, 1844---Portraits
Minstrel shows
Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Group portraits. (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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