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- Collection: Guide Records
Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)
- Title: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)
- Related Names:
Courier Co. Lith. Dpt. , copyright claimant
Courier Co. Lith. Dpt. , lithographer
Courier Co. Lith. Dpt. , publisher
Courier Litho. Co. , copyright claimant
Courier Litho. Co. , lithographer
Courier Litho. Co. , publisher
Otis Lithograph Co. , copyright claimant
Otis Lithograph Co. , lithographer
Otis Lithograph Co. , publisher
Strobridge & Co. Lith. , copyright claimant
Strobridge & Co. Lith. , lithographer
Strobridge & Co. Lith. , publisher
U.S. Printing Co. , copyright claimant
U.S. Printing Co. , lithographer
U.S. Printing Co. , publisher - Date Created/Published: 1847-1921, bulk 1898-1900.
- Medium: 177 prints (posters) : some b&w, most color ; various sizes.
- Summary: Posters mainly depict minstrels and minstrel companies, performing and in portrait. Minstrels, usually, though not exclusively, performed programs of African-American music, broad comedy and jokes, and African-American impersonations, frequently in blackface. Featured minstrels include Lew Dockstader, Al G. Field, Carroll Johnson, Richard J. José, Ezra Kendall, Chas. H. Larkin, Tom Lewis, George H. Primrose, William H. West, and others. Featured minstrel companies include Al G. Field Minstrels, Gideon's Big Minstrel Carnival, Nashville Students, Primrose & West's Big Minstrels, Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels, Rusco & Holland, Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee, and others. Featured minstrel companies and producers frequently are not depicted in the image, but only mentioned in the text. Also depicted are acrobatic acts, comedians, singers, bands, and cakewalks. Some posters are mainly textual with peripheral images.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on publication for posters published before 1923. Rights status of other individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...,"(http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html)
- Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: POS - MIN) [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
- Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into one filing series called MIN; Arrangement: arranged by size and performer or performing group.
- Collection title devised.
- In this collection, lithography companies are generally responsible for both the creation and publication of posters. Frequently, but not always, the same companies are the copyright claimants. The most notable are Courier, Otis, Strobridge, and U.S. Printing Co.
- Poster media include 176 lithographs (2 on program covers) and 1 lithotint.
- Library staff assembled the posters to provide access by a popular collecting category.
- Finding aid available in electronic form.
- Identifying information for all items in the collection (including digitized images for some items) is available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
- Copyright deposit, gift, purchase, or transfer; various sources.
- Subjects:
- Dockstader, Lew,--1856-1924.
- Field, Al G.--(Alfred Griffin),--1850-1921.
- Johnson, Carroll,---1917.
- José, Richard J.--(Richard Juan),--1872-1941.
- Kendall, Ezra,--1861-1910.
- Larkin, Chas. H.
- Lewis, Tom,--1864-1927.
- Primrose, Geo. H.--(George H.),--1852-
- West, William H.,--1853?-1902.
- Al G. Field Minstrels.
- Gideon's Big Minstrel Carnival.
- Nashville Students.
- Primrose & West's Big Minstrels.
- Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels.
- Rusco & Holland.
- Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1840-1930.
- Minstrel shows--1840-1930.
- Acrobatics--1840-1930.
- Comedians--1840-1930.
- Singers--1840-1930.
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication for posters published before 1923. Rights status of other individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: POS - MIN) [P&P]
- Medium: 177 prints (posters) : some b&w, most color ; various sizes.
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- Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: POS - MIN) [P&P]
- Medium: 177 prints (posters) : some b&w, most color ; various sizes.
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