Captured in Time: Nameless English Singing Girls upon Arrival in America in 1890

I Just Wanted to Figure out Who They Were, but Found Myself Ensnared in a Victorian Melodrama

English singing girls as seen in original photo and after colorization and enhancement (via MyHeritage and Photoshop)

No names were given, but the caption grabbed my attention: “English singing girls — imported by Italian padrone — ret’d by Britannic, Nov 19 1890.”