Catalog for the Hooker-Howe Costume Company
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1940s
label: date made
content: ca. 1930s
notes: label: Description
content: Catalog for the Hooker-Howe Costume Company of Haverhill, Massachusetts. The booklet is marked Catalog "A" No. 56. The catalog advertises costumes, wigs, makeup, posters, and other supplies for theatrical productions, including blackface minstrel shows. Illustrations throughout the catalog demonstrate the costumes and suggested use.
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
label: Subject
content: Costume
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: 2017.0295.08
label: accession number
content: 2017.0295
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0295.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: catalog
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 in; 23.495 cm x 15.24 cm