Photograph of blackface minstrel troupe at Piketon Opera House
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1927
notes: label: Description
content: Print of a photograph of a blackface minstrel troupe at the Piketon Opera House in Piketon, Ohio. The photograph shows a group of costumed performers onstage in front of several backdrops painted to appear like a cave. Most of the performers are men, and are dressed in suits and wearing makeup. Several of the performers are in costume and blackface makeup, and some are holding instruments. A child in a tasseled dress is standing amongst stacked barrels painted with stars in the background. One man is wearing a hula skirt. The orchestra pit, in the foreground, has a piano or organ. Names of the performers are listed on the verso.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Piketon
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: 2017.0295.07
label: accession number
content: 2017.0295
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0295.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 12 in; 36.83 cm x 30.48 cm