Details
Creator Levis, Seth Pancoast, photographer.
Title St. Johns Episcopal Church's minstral club - graphic of minstral show April 12 and 13, 1901 [graphic].
Date [1901]
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; negative 5 x 7 in.
Description Negative blocked with marking tape depicting a bust-length portrait of an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature wearing a beard and attired in a bowler hat. Contains name of minstrel club and performance dates. Along the top are small photographs including several portraits of white women, a large group portrait of white men and women, and a seated white man playing the guitar.
Notes Title from negative sleeve.
Duplicate: St. John's club minstrels, Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13 1901 (cartoon). [P.9645.743]
Gift of Matthew Schultz, 1998.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Church of St. John the Evangelist (Lansdowne, Pa.)
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Lansdowne.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Glass negatives -- 1900-1910.
Playbills -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Levis [P.9645.1038]
Accession number P.9645.1038