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Blackface entertainer on stage

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Blackface entertainer Parson Pullbone on stage dressed in overcoat with glasses, and a white beard and bald head. Hands are raised with one over his...

Date Published
1891
1900
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Blackface entertainer on stage

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Blackface entertainer Parson Pullbone on stage dressed in an overcoat, hat, glasses and carrying a large book.

Date Published
1891
1900
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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

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
  • 1891-1900

Member of

  • U.S. Epperson Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (5)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Silver printing-out paper prints (2)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Performing arts posters (1)
  • Photogravures (1)
  • Portrait prints (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1891-1900 (5)

Subjects

  • Men, White (5)
  • Minstrel shows (5)
  • Advertising, Outdoor--Posters (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Blackface entertainers (5)

Date Published

  • 1891 (3)
  • 1900 (3)
  • 1899 (2)

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