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On Henshaw and Ten Broeck (and Other Partners)

I first became aware of the team of Henshaw and Ten Broeck when I saw their names amongst the acts that had played the Smith Opera House in western New York. John E. Henshaw (ca. 1853-1939) hailed from New York State and began performing with minstrel shows** when he was still a teenager in 1871. He was known as an End Man (Tambo, to be precise), and to have performed with Harry Robinson’s…