Image of an older African American man holding a cane and carpetbag, with a rural cabin in the background; the poster presumably advertises the sketch "Way Down South" performed by blackface actor Frank Howard with Hyde's Star Specialty Company under the management of James Hyde. Date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper articles from 1889 and 1890 describing the show, including one describing the sketch "Way Down South" performed by the "Hyde Musical and Specialty Company" and noting "Frank Howard, the leader in the sketch, is one of the best old man plantation negro personators ever seen here" (Sacramento Daily Record, 12 April 1890, page 8). "Liebler & Maass / Litho. New York"--text, bottom right of image. "107"--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 104.46 x 40.96 cm (41 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Howard, Frank A., -1930--Portraits Actors--Portraits African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Minstrel shows Older people--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Hyde’s Star Specialty Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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