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St. Johns Episcopal Church's minstral club - graphic of minstral show April 12 and 13, 1901 [graphic].
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Creator
Levis, Seth Pancoast, photographer.
Title
St. Johns Episcopal Church's minstral club - graphic of minstral show April 12 and 13, 1901 [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Lansdowne. 1901
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
In Collections
African American History Photographs
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1901-1980
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