Description
The Jay T. Last Collection of Entertainment: Performing Arts Prints and Ephemera contains more than 2,300 printed items primarily
advertising theatrical and musical entertainment and related
performers in the United States from 1839 to the 1940s, with the majority of items dating from the 1870s to the 1890s. The
collection consists of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations pertaining to a wide variety
of
performance genres that have been grouped broadly as music and theater (including theater, music, dance, burlesque, comedy,
pantomime, and variety); minstrel (including minstrel shows, blackface
entertainers, and female minstrels); and magic and miscellaneous (including magicians, motion pictures, and Wild West shows).
Restrictions
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.