Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
Portrait of cows, sheep, an older man (probably Al G. Field), a young boy, and various barns and outbuildings at Maple Villa Farm, which was located outside Columbus, Ohio, and belonged to minstrel showman Al G. Field. Alfred Griffith Hatfield,...
Cartoon pages of The Louisville Times newspaper from March 8, 1913, featuring a sketch of John T. Macauley smoking a cigarette, with a cat on his lap and a dog beside him. The text reads: "Col. John T. Macauley & Hobbies - No. 54. Catering...
This clipping from "The Billboard" newspaper features two stories: "Ring stars of fifty years ago" and "In the days of '49." The former includes an obituary of circus man Hiram Marks, and photos of Hiram Marks, Minnie...
Portrait of man wearing black hat, suit jacket, and ascot. Jerry Bryant was likely the brother of Dan and Neil Bryant, who performed together as Bryant's Minstrels. Annotation on print, lower center: "Our brother Jerry Bryant died April 8th...
Retouched portrait of George M. Cohan in suit jacket and tie. Performer/producer/composer/lyricist/writer Cohan's life story was immortalized in the 1943 film "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as Cohan. Cohan was born July 4,...
Actor and female impersonator Julian Eltinge was born William Dalton in Newtonville, Massachusetts on May 14, 1883 and died in New York City on March 7, 1941. Eltinge performed at Macauley's Theatre in George M. Cohan and Sam H. Harris Minstrels...
Portrait of performer Dan Quinlan with hair parted in middle and bushy mustache. He wears a tuxedo jacket and shirt with white box tie. He costarred in Quinlan and Wall's Imperial Minstrels at Macauley's Theatre on February 18, 1904, and performed...
Portrait of actor George Wilson wearing a tuxedo with white tie. George Wilson's Ideal Refined Minstrelsy performed at Macauley's Theatre on September 3-5, 1888; he returned with George Wilson's Reorganized Minstrels on December 24-26, 1888; and...
Portrait of actor George W. Wilson in blackface. He wears the collar of his shirt up, and rests his chin on his left hand. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Oval-shaped portrait of Dan Bryant, minstrel performer and manager of Bryant's Minstrels, wearing a suit jacket, wide tie, and overcoat. Born Daniel Webster O'Brien in Troy, New York, in 1833, he died in New York City on April 10, 1875. Location of...
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Portrait of George Evans wearing a suit jacket and tie. Welsh-born George "Honey Boy" Evans became famous in the United States as a blackface minstrel, vaudeville comedian, and songwriter who performed with the "Honey Boy"...
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Portrait of left profile of Al G. Field, performer and proprietor of Al G. Field's Minstrels, wearing a mustache and tuxedo with plaid bow tie. Born Alfred Griffith Hatfield in Virginia on November 7, 1848, he had his last name legally changed to...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Color lithograph of Col. Jack H. (Christopher) Haverly wearing a full mustache, suit jacket, and tie. Born June 30, 1837 in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, J. H. Haverly led a series of minstrel and operetta troupes, which performed at Macauley's...
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Seated portrait of Doc Quigley, who performed at Macauley's Theatre with the Al Field Minstrels, for which he also served as manager. He wears a double-breasted wool suit jacket and pants with a seersucker vest and black silk cravat with pin....
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Portrait of producer and musician William H. West, known as "The Progressive Minstrel." He is seated, wearing a jacket with tails; tie; polka dot vest; and striped pants, and holding a baton and a pair of leather gloves. Born June 18,...
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Three-quarter length portrait of minstrel performer George Wilson. He wears a topcoat and holds his right hand behind his back. George Wilson's Ideal Refined Minstrelsy performed at Macauley's Theatre on September 3-5, 1888; he returned with George...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Theatrical producers & directors; Men
Three-quarter length portrait of Al G. Field, performer and proprietor of Al G. Field's Minstrels, seated and wearing a hat, suit jacket, white vest, and necktie. Born Alfred Griffith Hatfield in Virginia on November 7, 1848, he had his last name...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Farmhouses; Men; Women; Children
Men, women, and children relax on the lawn or porch of a large frame house, with barns and horses visible in the background. The farm, located outside Columbus, Ohio, belonged to minstrel showman Al G. Field (who is probably the man on the left)....
