The Crustene Ranch Party, Texas (1941)
Crustene Ranch Party, Texas Radio Show Cowboys, Blackface 1941
Tag Archives: Blackface
Schepp’s Minstrel Revue
Original professional group photo of “Schepp’s Minstrel Revue” which included blackface performers, featuring Grover Scheppelman (d. 2-27-1938) of Louisville KY. Grover is the gentleman in the center of the photo. 8″x10″ Silver Gelatin Photo by: Schumacher, Nashville TN (Possibly pre 1920) Grover also toured with Al G. Field Minstrels, and Lasses White Allstar Minstrels during […]
Rube Band Minstrels (1910)
Rube Band Minstrels, Chatfield, Minnesota. July 4, 1911.
Monarchs of Minstrelsy (1911)
It provides the history of minstrel shows, the ubiquitous nineteenth-century pop culture phenomenon which combined song, dance, and comic sketches based on racist stereotypes. This history of minstrelsy in 19th-century America, written by the son of a well-known black-face performer, is lavishly illustrated with images of playbills, cartoons and minstrelsy troupes, along with portraits and […]
Mammy in Blackface by Hartsook Photography Studio
Man in Blackface, Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup (1915)
Musicians in Blackface (1800s)
Stein’s Minstrel Makeup
Men in Drag or Blackface
deShow, 1950s
Lockport Rotary Club, NY
Minstrel Show, 1950s
Minstrel Production, 1930s
American Blackface
Blackface is a racist form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows.
Drummer in Blackface
Smokey and Henry (1930’s)
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Will Rogers Auditorium Minstrel Show, TX” (1956)
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “South Side Lyons Minstrel Show” (1955)
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Oliver Scott’s Refined Negro Minstrels”
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Navy Blackface”
AMERICAN BLACKFACE
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows, and later vaudeville, in which performers create a stereotyped caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the “happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation” or the “dandified coon”. In 1848, blackface […]
Fred Astair in Blackface (1936)
Fred Astair in blackface as “Bojangles of Harlem” in “Swingtime”, 1936.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “The Minstrel Encyclopedia” (1921)
The Minstrel Encyclopedia, publisher advertising flyer. By Walter H. Baker Co. Printed in 1921, Hamilton Place, Boston.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Regular Fellows Minstrel Benefit” (1930’s)
A 1930’s ticket to the “Regular Fellows Minstrel Benefit of Ninth Street U. B. Church at the Hamilton High School Auditorium.” This was Hamilton, Ohio’s second high school, built at N. Sixth and Dayton Streets, operating from 1915 until 1959.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “7th Annual Fort Worth Minstrel Show” (1954)
7th Annual Minstrel Show Program. Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth, Texas. April 16, 1954
White Americans in Blackface at Halloween
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Fair St. Club Minstrels Show” (1942)
Rosendale, NY. Fair St. Club Minstrels Show, 1942.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Mamie with Tray”
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “H.E. Ellsworth Photographer – Meadville, PA”
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “#12”
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “#11”
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “William H West’s Minstrel Show #2” (1900)
Blackface minstrel poster for Wm. H. West’s Big Musical Jubilee. The caption at the bottom reads: “The Uncertainty Of A Sure Thing”.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “William H West’s Minstrel Show” (1899)
Carroll Johnson, Tom Lewis, George B. Mack and Edward Howard.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Molasses ‘n’ January” (1937)
1937 Comedic Duo Molasses ‘n’ January Black-Face Comedians.
BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “Blackface #2”
Man and Woman in Blackface
SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “Bearded Actor and a Young Black Man Portrayed by a White Actor” (1900’s)
”Theatrical performance featuring a bearded actor and a young black man portrayed by a white actor” 1900’s
SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “Young Black Man Portrayed by a White Actor” (1900’s)
A young black man portrayed by a white actor.” 1900’s
LOUISIANA COLLECTION: “Elks of New Orleans in Blackface” (1921)
Elks of New Orleans, 1921, selling pralines to raise money; check marks identify 1) H.D. Johnson and 2) Mike Culligan Harry D. Johnson Photograph Collection Biography: Harry D. Johnson
Negro Maskers. St. Joseph’s Night (Blackface) (1940)
Negro Maskers. St. Joseph’s Night, 1940 — Unmasked Indians “Making Music.” Photogapher: Robert Tallant
TA.TV: Blackface- “Pat Paulsen on Merv Griffin” (1970’s)
TA.TV: Blackface- “Cotton and Chick Watts” (1951)
Even by minstrel show standards, Cotton Watts was far more extreme and offensive than most blackface comedians of his time. This clip includes the classic “Lion Tamer” bit and an excellent dance routine in “slap shoes.” This is a clip from “Yes Sir, Mr. Bones” (1951). Read about the history of blackface and minstrel shows […]
TA.TV: Racism – “Yes Sir, Mr. Bones” (1951)
Ches Davis and Emmett Miller. “Yes Sir, Mr. Bones” (1951).
TA.TV: Racism – “Vernon & Ryan” (1950)
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Song of the Birds”
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Tin Pan Alley Cats” (1943)
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Sunday Go to Meetin’ Time” (1936)
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Uncle Tom and Little Eva”
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Jungle Jitters”
TA.TV: Banned Cartoons – “Inki and the Minah Bird”
