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Epperson Megaphone Minstrels promotional composite

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Epperson Megaphone Minstrels promotional composite, which includes two photos of white men in blackface; engravings by Carlton & Rose Kansas City...

Date Published
1891
1900
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Group of unidentified white men in first parade by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels at 11th and Grand

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Large group of unidentified white men wearing identical white jackets in first parade by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels; street scene is outside Emery...

Date Published
April-03-1899
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Street advertisements for performance by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels at Convention Hall

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Street advertisements for an April 3 performance by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels at Convention Hall; Kansas City, Missouri. The ad features a...

Date Published
1899
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection

Torn street advertisement for performance by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels at Convention Hall

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Color-tinted photo of torn street advertisement for an April 3 performance by Epperson's Megaphone Minstrels at Convention Hall; Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1899
Member of
U.S. Epperson Collection
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  • Blackface entertainers

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  • (-) U.S. Epperson Collection (4)

Types

  • photographs (4)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Silver printing-out paper prints (3)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Performing arts posters (1)
  • Photogravures (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Portrait prints (1)

Time Periods

  • 1891-1900 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (4)
  • Minstrel shows (4)
  • Advertising, Outdoor--Posters (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Blackface entertainers (4)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 11th Street (1)
  • Grand Avenue (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1899 (2)
  • 1891 (1)
  • 1899-04-03 (1)
  • 1900 (1)

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