Detail, Programme Original California Minstrels
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Title
Detail, Programme Original California Minstrels
Subject
The figures depicted in this programme - published and probably drawn by individuals employed by Calhoun's Print Works - reference Hartford author, Mark Twain, and his story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." The child wearing the straw hat (at left) seems focused on managing the jumping frog. The frog's legs are loosely tied together,
In December of 1870 Dan Bryant was performing a new skit based on Twain's short story. The skit was popular and featured a dwarf named Little Mac. Bryant's Minstrel hall was located on West 23rd Street in New York, a little over a block way from the hotel where Twain stayed for a week that December.
"Editorial narrative following 3 December 1870 to James Redpath ". In "Mark Twain’s Letters, 1870–1871." Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. Mark Twain Project Online. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. 1995, 2007. . <http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/view?docId=letters/MTLN00115.xml;style=letter;brand=mtp>
In December of 1870 Dan Bryant was performing a new skit based on Twain's short story. The skit was popular and featured a dwarf named Little Mac. Bryant's Minstrel hall was located on West 23rd Street in New York, a little over a block way from the hotel where Twain stayed for a week that December.
"Editorial narrative following 3 December 1870 to James Redpath ". In "Mark Twain’s Letters, 1870–1871." Edited by Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, and Lin Salamo. Mark Twain Project Online. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. 1995, 2007. . <http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/view?docId=letters/MTLN00115.xml;style=letter;brand=mtp>
Description
Programme, Music Hall, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 5, 1879
Creator
Calhoun Print Works, Hartford, Connecticut
Date
December 5, 1879
Citation
Calhoun Print Works, Hartford, Connecticut, “Detail, Programme Original California Minstrels,” Cotton Histories, explorations in blackface minstrelsy, accessed April 26, 2024, https://cottonhistories.com/items/show/1370.