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Tag	i1	i2	code	text
001				95861317
003				DLC
005				20091216135913.0
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035			9	(DLC) 95861317
035			a	(DLC)11666279
035			a	(DLC)11666279
906			a	7
			b	cbc
			c	orignew
			d	u
			e	ncip
			f	19
			g	y-printpho
010			a	95861317
040			a	DLC
			c	DLC
			d	DLC
			e	gihc
043			a	n-us---
050	0	0	a	Guide Record (Filing series: POS - MIN)
245	0	0	a	Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)
	0	0	h	[graphic].
260			c	1847-1921, bulk 1898-1900.
300			a	177 prints (posters) :
			b	some b&w, most color ;
			c	various sizes.
351			a	Organized into one filing series called MIN;
			b	arranged by size and performer or performing group.
520	0		a	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.
500			a	Collection title devised.
500			a	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.
500			a	Poster media include 176 lithographs (2 on program covers) and 1 lithotint.
545			a	Library staff assembled the posters to provide access by a popular collecting category.
555	8		a	Finding aid available in electronic form.
530			a	Identifying information for all items in the collection (including digitized images for some items) is available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
540			a	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 ...,"
			u	http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
541			c	Copyright deposit, gift, purchase, or transfer;
			a	various sources.
600	1	0	a	Dockstader, Lew,
	1	0	d	1856-1924.
600	1	0	a	Field, Al G.
	1	0	q	(Alfred Griffin),
	1	0	d	1850-1921.
600	1	0	a	Johnson, Carroll,
	1	0	d	d. 1917.
600	1	0	a	José, Richard J.
	1	0	q	(Richard Juan),
	1	0	d	1872-1941.
600	1	0	a	Kendall, Ezra,
	1	0	d	1861-1910.
600	1	0	a	Larkin, Chas. H.
600	1	0	a	Lewis, Tom,
	1	0	d	1864-1927.
600	1	0	a	Primrose, Geo. H.
	1	0	q	(George H.),
	1	0	d	b. 1852.
600	1	0	a	West, William H.,
	1	0	d	1853?-1902.
610	2	0	a	Al G. Field Minstrels.
610	2	0	a	Gideon's Big Minstrel Carnival.
610	2	0	a	Nashville Students.
610	2	0	a	Primrose & West's Big Minstrels.
610	2	0	a	Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels.
610	2	0	a	Rusco & Holland.
610	2	0	a	Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee.
650		7	a	Minstrel shows
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	lctgm
650		4	a	African Americans
		4	x	Performances & portrayals
		4	y	1840-1930.
650		7	a	Acrobatics
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	lctgm
650		7	a	Comedians
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	lctgm
650		7	a	Singers
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	lctgm
655		7	a	Theatrical posters
		7	x	American
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Theater programs
		7	y	1890-1900.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Lithographs
		7	x	Color
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Lithographs
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Lithotints
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Group portraits
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
655		7	a	Portrait prints
		7	y	1840-1930.
		7	2	gmgpc
710	2		a	Courier Co.
	2		b	Lith. Dpt.,
	2		e	copyright claimant,
	2		e	lithographer,
	2		e	publisher.
710	2		a	Courier Litho. Co.,
	2		e	copyright claimant,
	2		e	lithographer,
	2		e	publisher.
710	2		a	Otis Lithograph Co.,
	2		e	copyright claimant,
	2		e	lithographer,
	2		e	publisher.
710	2		a	Strobridge & Co. Lith.,
	2		e	copyright claimant,
	2		e	lithographer,
	2		e	publisher.
710	2		a	U.S. Printing Co.,
	2		e	copyright claimant,
	2		e	lithographer,
	2		e	publisher.
852			a	Library of Congress
			b	Prints and Photographs Division
			e	Washington, D.C. 20450 USA
			n	dcu
856	4	1	u	http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/varquery.html
	4	1	z	Search for minstrel posters in Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
985			a	pp/guide
991			b	c-P&P
			h	Guide Record
			v	obj.
			w	MUMS VM File

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