Compliments of Al G. Field, Maple Villa Farm.
Title
Compliments of Al G . Field , Maple Villa Farm .
Contributors
Baker Art Gallery (photographer)
Description
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) . Alfred Griffith Hatfield , performer and proprietor of Al G . Field's Minstrels , was born in Virginia on November 7 , 1848 . He had his last name legally changed to Field in 1881 . Field's Minstrels made twenty-seven appearances at Macauley's Theatre between September 1894 and September 1924 , usually opening the season , and continuing even after Field's death (in Columbus , Ohio) on April 3 , 1921 . Location of photo studio : Columbus (Ohio)
Subject
Portraits Portrait photographs Farmhouses Men Women Children
People Pictured
Field, Al. G. (Alfred Griffith), 1848-1921
Date Original
1886 - 1900
Object Type
Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints Photographic prints
Source
40.5 x 48.5 cm. b&w photographic print. Item no. ULPA 1980.20.1328 in the Macauley's Theatre Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Macauley's Theatre Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/macauley/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Language
eng
Image Number
ULPA 1980.20.1328
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