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Minstrelsy items from the Frank Dumont scrapbooks, 1869 [Image 1]
Minstrelsy items from the Frank Dumont scrapbooks, 1869
Permanent ID:
15077Call number:
3054Image Description:
This is a series of pictures of minstrel actors, with black face, wigs, comedic expressions, and tattered clothes. During this time period minstrel shows were widely popular forms of comedy. This type of comedy generally mocked blacks due to slavery, poor living conditions, and poor grammar. Image 1: These images were used as printers' examples of advertising templates. Images 2 and 3: Newspaper notices and photographs of performances and performers.Format:
Printed MatterCollection:
Frank Dumont Minstrelsy ScrapbookRelated Person or Organization:
Frank Dumont, 1848-1919 (creator)Library of Congress Subjects:
Minstrel shows [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85085877]
Minstrel music [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh95008868]
Blackface entertainment [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm001075]
racial stereotyping [info:lc/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset014837]
Minstrel music [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh95008868]
Blackface entertainment [info:lc/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm001075]
racial stereotyping [info:lc/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms/afset014837]