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Title: Photograph of Japanese Tommy with cane
Creator: Fisher Brothers (Firm : Boston, Mass.)
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870?
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Studio portrait photograph (CDV) of Japanese Tommy, stage name of Thomas Dilward, an African American dwarf comedian who performed in minstrel shows in the United States and abroad. Dilward, dressed in a dark suit, stands next to an upholstered chair, with a wooden cane in one hand.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; 11 x 7 cm (carte de visite format)
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb49918384
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Minstrels
Nineteenth century
African American entertainers
Dwarfs (Persons)
African Americans
Photographs
Boston (Mass.)
Place: Boston (Mass.)

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