Image of a central image of an older African American man in a torn shirt and suspenders kneeling before Abraham Lincoln who holds a handwritten copy of the “Emancipation Proclamation” with broken shackles at his feet, captioned “Abolition of Slavery”; with an upper-left image of Eliza, a young mother, and a young girl coming to Uncle Tom and his wife, who holds a candle, in their pajamas before their cabin at night, captioned “Eliza seeking protection of Uncle Tom”; a lower-left image of Eva, a young blond girl lying in a small bed with white and African American mourners crowding around the bed and a night stand with a cup, small bottle, and box on it, captioned “Death of Eva”;an upper-right image of an African American man and woman dancing in the front yard of a cabin in a wooded area with African American onlookers and a man playing a banjo, captioned “Pastimes in the sunny South”; a lower-right image of Topsy, a young African American girl wearing a potato sack dress that read “18 [space] CH,” throwing a bonnet while sitting on a messy floor next to a can while a white woman in formal dress looks on aghast; the poster presumably advertises an Uncle Tom’s Cabin show. 9-sheet poster; probably date based on similar images included in a 1923 broadside for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" produced by the Erie Litho. Co. “Erie / Litho Co. / Erie, PA. / No. 478”—text, upper left of poster, lower right of image captioned “Eliza Seeking Protection of Uncle Tom.” “Erie / Litho. Co. / Erie, PA. / No. 477”—text, lower center left of poster, lower left of image captioned “Abolition of slavery.” “Erie / Litho. Co. / Erie, PA. / No. 476”—text, bottom right of poster and bottom right of image captioned “Topsy is wicked.”
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 208.28 x 320.04 cm (82 x 126 in.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Children and adults--Pictorial works Melodramas Older people--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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