Vest worn as part of blackface minstrel costume
date: label: date made
content: ca 1905
notes: label: Description
content: Vest worn as part of a costume for blackface minstrel performances in the early 20th century. The black satin front of the vest features red satin diagonal stripes. The undyed cotton back, where the vest opens, has three black cotton string ties. The vest, likely manufactured by Hooker-Howe Costume Company of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was probably used by a member of the Fogg, Finning, and Alger troupe, who performed "eccentric musical comedy" in traveling minstrel shows in Southern Ohio and the Pacific Northwest in the first two decades of the 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Haverhill
topic: label: Subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, general
label: Subject
content: Theater
label: Subject
content: Theater, Minstrel Shows
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0295.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0295
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0295.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vest
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 18 in; 49.53 cm x 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 65 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 12 in; 166.37 cm x 46.99 cm x 30.48 cm