Production photograph of a scene from a minstrel stage show, with an outdoor backdrop and picnic props. One man in blackface points a shotgun at another man in blackface, while a man in the middle, with long sideburns and wearing a hunting cap and...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Portrait of producer and musician William H. West, known as "The Progressive Minstrel." He is seated, wearing a jacket with tails; tie; polka dot vest; and striped pants, and holding a baton and a pair of leather gloves. Born June 18,...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
Minstrels; Violins; Stone walls; Men; Dogs; Tramps
Portrait of a man and his dog next to a vine-covered stone wall. The bearded man wears ragged striped tuxedo pants, a tuxedo jacket with tails and a top hat. He carefully holds a fiddle and bow in his arms. The man is Jim Felton, a wandering...
Jean Thomas, holding two bags, and Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), holding two bags and a basket with his drinking gourd, stand on the deck of a ship bound for England. Jean Thomas selected Setters to represent...
Portrait of cows, sheep, an older man (probably Al G. Field), a young boy, and various barns and outbuildings at Maple Villa Farm, which was located outside Columbus, Ohio, and belonged to minstrel showman Al G. Field. Alfred Griffith Hatfield,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Farmhouses; Men; Women; Children
Men, women, and children relax on the lawn or porch of a large frame house, with barns and horses visible in the background. The farm, located outside Columbus, Ohio, belonged to minstrel showman Al G. Field (who is probably the man on the left)....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Color lithograph of Col. Jack H. (Christopher) Haverly wearing a full mustache, suit jacket, and tie. Born June 30, 1837 in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, J. H. Haverly led a series of minstrel and operetta troupes, which performed at Macauley's...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Portrait of minstrel show performer, producer, and director Lew Dockstader with balding hair and mustache, wearing a suit jacket and necktie with stickpin. Born August 7, 1856 in Hartford, Connecticut, Dockstader died October 26, 1924 in New York...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Oval-shaped portrait of Dan Bryant, minstrel performer and manager of Bryant's Minstrels, wearing a suit jacket, wide tie, and overcoat. Born Daniel Webster O'Brien in Troy, New York, in 1833, he died in New York City on April 10, 1875. Location of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Three-quarter length portrait of minstrel performer George Wilson. He wears a topcoat and holds his right hand behind his back. George Wilson's Ideal Refined Minstrelsy performed at Macauley's Theatre on September 3-5, 1888; he returned with George...
Three-quarter length portrait of minstrel performer Sam Devere leaning on the arm of a velvet-upholstered chair, wearing a mustache, overcoat, and three-piece suit with bow tie, and holding a top hat. Location of photo studio: New York (N.Y.)
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a plaid suit and cap and appears to be pointing or beckoning. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Three-quarter length seated portrait of minstrel and comedic performer Billy Barry. He has dark wavy hair and wears a three-piece suit with pocket watch fob and large white bow tie. As William Barry, he starred in "The Rising Generation"...
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a top hat and white coat over a velvet jumpsuit, and points to a glass bottle held in his left hand. He sits cross-legged on a stool, smoking a stogie. This...
Full-length character portrait of minstrel performer John Daly wearing a hat and patched pants held up by suspenders, and carrying a satchel, possibly for his role in "A Bowery Girl". Inscription on mount verso, upper center: To my friend...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Portrait of George Evans wearing a suit jacket and tie. Welsh-born George "Honey Boy" Evans became famous in the United States as a blackface minstrel, vaudeville comedian, and songwriter who performed with the "Honey Boy"...
