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Libretto of the Annual Spectacular Display of the Mystic Memphi 1877

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Program of the Annual Spectacular Display of the Mystic Memphi, Mardi Gras, Feb. 13th, 1877, from 6 1/2 to 9 o'clock, P.M. In the Streets of Memphis, Tennessee. A twenty-eight page pamphlet describing the theme of twenty-one tableux; theme of India divided into "Ouro and Manu", "Aryan Phylosophy", "Birth of Brahma", "Siva, The Destroyer", "Caste", "On the Ganges", "Juggernaut", "Festival of the Serpents", "In the Jungle", "In the Desert", "In the Palanquin", "In the Bazar", "A Royal Durbar", "The Fire Worshippers", "The Great Akbar", "The Harem", "The Throne of the Peacock", "The Garden of Shalimar", "The Siesta", "Enslaved", and "Abandoned". [Cover only; full text available in the Memphis Room.]
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Text
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Booklet
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Chris Montoya
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