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  • Photograph of theatre production with blackface actors and Oliver Howard Horner

    Photograph of theatre production with blackface actors and Oliver Howard Horner

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Horner, Oliver Howard, 1888 - 1939
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mounting board
    Dimensions
    H x W (Mounted): 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
    H x W (Image): 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Place depicted
    Chase County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    ca. 1910
    Description
    A black and white photograph of a theatre production. On the proper right side a boy is sitting in a chair. He is wearing a suit and tie. His legs are crossed at the ankles and his hands are on his lap. There is a boy standing behind him. He is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, and is wearing blackface. On the proper left there is a girl sitting in a chair. She is wearing a fancy white ruffled dress. Her dark hair is pulled back and is parted in the middle. Her hands are folded on her lap and she has a bracelet on her proper left arm. There is a girl standing behind her with a striped dress, an apron, and a headscarf. She is also wearing blackface. The boy sitting in the chair is Oliver Howard Horner.
    Part of a doorway is visible on the proper right side. It is mostly covered by a folding screen with floral fabric. There is also a folding screen with fabric on the proper left side. There is fabric hanging on the wall in the center and there is a fake fireplace in the middle. It is made with fabric and hand drawn bricks with a hand drawn grate in the center. There is black fabric draped on top for a mantle. There are two pictures on top of the "mantle" and there is also a picture hanging on the wall on the proper left side.
    The photograph is dry mounted on a dark grey board. The bottom proper right corner of the board is missing. There are several areas along the edges where the grey part of the board has peeled off. The back of the board is grey. There is a long white stain in the center at the bottom. The corners have peeled of slightly.
    Topic
    African American
    American West
    Blackface
    Minstrel shows
    Photography
    Race relations
    United States--History--1815-1861
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tyson D. Arnold
    Object number
    2015.94.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
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