Minstrel poster, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans. # 2902481

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Minstrel poster. Alabama. [Advertisement for 'J.C. Lincoln's Sunny South Minstrels'. 'Big tent shows' which included comedy, dancing and music, initially featured white performers in "blackface'. Troupes with black actors and performers began to appear in the 1840s. Both versions of the shows portrayed black people as objects of hilarity and ridicule].

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