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Lot 289
[MUSIC]. A group of tickets, handbills, and programs from the Fisk Jubilee Singers, comprising: 
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[MUSIC]. A group of tickets, handbills, and programs from the Fisk Jubilee Singers, comprising: 

Melrose Lyceum. Season of 1879-80. [Boston]: [L.B. Wilder & Co.], 1879. 4 3/8 x 2 11/16 in. cardstock ticket (light adhesive residue). -- Season 1879-80 Melrose Lyceum Course, Town Hall, Melrose. Boston: L.B. Wilder & Co., 1879. 4 x 7 1/4 in. program (minor soiling).

A program and ticket from the Melrose, MA Lyceum notably featuring a "Grand Concert by the Original Jubilee Singers from Fisk University, Tennessee" on Monday Evening, 1 December 1879. The program includes a description of the group and their recent tours. The verso of the ticket lists all of the performances of the 1879-80 season, including the December 1st engagement by the Singers. 

[With:] The Jubilee Singers. Original Company from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 1871-1879. Concert Programme. Fredonia, NY: Censor Print, ca 1879. 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. program (old light creases, contemporary pencil notations). -- No. 2. Original Company. Fourteenth Season. The Jubilee Singers from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. N.p.: N.p., 1884. 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. program (old creases). -- Season 1896-97. Snowden & Miller's Original Tennesseean Jubilee Singers. Chicago: Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co., 1896. 8 x 10 7/8 in. promotional pamphlet (splits along old creases, light toning). -- Together, 3 programs and pamphlets related to the Fisk Jubilee Singers. 

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