Stein's Black Face for Minstrel Make-Up
date: label: date made
content: 1920s
name: label: maker
content: M. Stein Cosmetic Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Stein's Black Face for Minstrel Make-Up, a tube of greasepaint makeup used by blackface minstrel performers. Metal tube with peach/pink, red, and black paint on the outside depicting a man wearing a black suit and top hat with blackface makeup. The tube contains a black paste. With original box with similar depiction as tube.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0145.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0145
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0145.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: makeup, tube of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: tube: 4 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 4 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm