St. Johns Episcopal Church's minstral club - graphic of minstral show April 12 and 13, 1901
Levis, Seth Pancoast
photographer
still image
Graphic
Glass negatives -- 1900-1910
Playbills -- 1900-1910
pau
PA. Lansdowne
[1901]
1901
monographic
eng
1 negative : glass ; negative 5 x 7 in.
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.
Title from negative sleeve.
Duplicate: St. John's club minstrels, Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13 1901 (cartoon). [P.9645.743]
Forms part of: Seth Pancoast Levis Negative Collection.
Church of St. John the Evangelist (Lansdowne, Pa.)
African American men
Caricatures and cartoons
Minstrel shows
Pennsylvania
Lansdowne
Racism in popular culture
P.9645.1038
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
4x5 Glass Negatives - Levis [P.9645.1038]
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dcrmg
ppl
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