visibility Similar

code Related

The Old Original North Carolinans Ex-slave Troupe

description

Summary

G1911 U.S. Copyright Office

Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith., Cleveland, O."

Signed: W. Una, lith. & del.

Small portrait of Miss Lizzie Smiley, heroine of Grand Gulf surender.

Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

The collection includes posters advertising individual plays and operettas, burlesque, vaudeville, and specialty acts, dance companies, extravaganzas produced by the Kiralfy Brothers, portraits of entertainers, and stock posters. Featured performers include Julia Arthur, De Wolfe Hopper, Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co., Thomas W. Keene, Andrew Mack, Robert B. Mantell, Mathews & Bulger, Lewis Morrison, Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Co., Royal Lilliputians, and Jennie Yeamans. Directors, managers, and producers include Edward J. Abraham, Blaney, and Vance, William A. Brady, Sidney R. Ellis, W.J. Fielding, Charles Frohman, Hoyt & McKee, the Kiralfy Brothers, Jacob Litt, Rice & Burton, Rich & Harris, A.Q. Scammon, Sam S. Schubert, Thall & Kennedy, Fred E. Wright, Charles H. Yale, and others. Playwrights include David Belasco, George H. Broadhurst, Bartley Campbell, Charles Turner Dazey, Gilbert & Sullivan, William Gillette, Seymour Hicks, David Higgins, Bronson Howard, Cecil Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Sutton Vane, and others. Plays include such popular titles as Arizona, At Piney Ridge, By the sad sea waves, Devil's auction, Evangeline, Faust, Female drummer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The hidden hand, The last of the Rohans, Ole Olson, The Queen of Chinatown, Shenandoah, Siberia, The sporting life, Uncle Tom's cabin, Venice, The war of wealth, Way down East, Yon Yonson, and others. Images depicted include scenes from plays, portraits of performers, and performers performing. Featured entertainers are not always depicted in the image. Some posters are mainly textual with peripheral images.

label_outline

Tags

african americans performances and portrayals minstrel shows slaves lithographs theatrical posters american original carolinans ex slave troupe poster art posters images black history month black history month prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 old original north carolinans ex slave troupe wj morgan and co performing arts posters ohio elderly old person free art posters library of congress vaudeville
date_range

Date

01/01/1876
person

Contributors

W.J. Morgan & Co.
Old Original North Carolinans Ex-slave Troupe.
collections

in collections

Performing Arts Posters

Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

label_outline Explore Wj Morgan And Co, Performances And Portrayals, Minstrel Shows

Topics

african americans performances and portrayals minstrel shows slaves lithographs theatrical posters american original carolinans ex slave troupe poster art posters images black history month black history month prints 19th century posters posters performing arts posters american variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920 old original north carolinans ex slave troupe wj morgan and co performing arts posters ohio elderly old person free art posters library of congress vaudeville