Digital Collection
1931.031.036

Handbill

Small card-sized handbill advertising Skiff and Gaylord's Minstrels. The recto is printed in green and bears an illustration of five people in blackface, each surrounded by an overlapping oval-shaped frame. "Skiff & Gaylords Minstrels are Coming," is printed above and below. The verso is printed in red, and depicts the shield and eagle from the Great Seal of the United States, surrounded by a ribbon-shaped motif which reads, "The best singers, the best dances, musicals, violinists, operatic, choruses, and the best brass band in the world."

Date
c. 1871
Year Range From
1864
Year Range To
1878
Collection
Extent of Description
3.125" x 1.125"
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