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Minstrel poster in Alabama town, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans.

Minstrel poster in Alabama town, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans.

2-899-036 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Minstrel poster in Alabama town. ['Silas Green Show'. Silas Green from New Orleans was a touring show - part revue, part musicomedy, part minstrel show - which portrayed black people in a stereotypical manner now considered offensive].

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Sensitive Subject

This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.

People Information

Creator
  1. Walker Evans, attributed to: American: Photographer, artist, writer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Nitrate negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Alabama

  1. 33 00 00 N , 087 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4925x3842
File Size : 18,479kb

Aliases

  1. 2017759323
  1. 1010004903
  1. 2-899-036
  1. 2017759323
  1. 2899036
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