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Title: Oscar F. Hodge Presents Neil O’Brien great American super-minstrels
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a central image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel performer Neil O’Brien in formal dress, surrounded by an upper left image of a group portrait of an orchestra, with members in blackface, seated outdoors with their musical instruments and a plantation-style mansion in the background, and a lower right image of a group portrait of a male minstrel troupe in blackface posing next to blackface performers playing a dice game; with a sketch of an African American family dancing to banjo music in front of a rural cabin at lower left and a sketch of steamships coming into a port with cargo on the docks at upper right.
Probable date range based on show history; Neil O'Brien Minstrels formed in 1912 and Oscar Hodge died in 1922. "14806"--text, top right margin. "© The Strobridge Litho. Co. Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom right margin. "America's / Best Known Band / and Symphony / Orchestra"--text, left center. "Neil O'Brien / Creator / of Progressive Minstrelsy"--text, lower center. "Peerless / Dancing Stars / of Vim and / Versatility"--text, lower right.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 107.95 x 74.61 cm (42 1/2 x 29 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000491
387665
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2225
Language: English
Subject: O'Brien, Neil, approximately 1868-1954--Portraits
African Americans--Performances & portrayals
African Americans--Pictorial works
Bands (Music)--Pictorial works
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Dancers--Pictorial works
Docks--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Minstrel
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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