Cast photograph of approximately 100 people in "black face" and wearing ethnic costumes. Center front is a man covered in black makeup, no shirt, wearing a feather headgear. Men on the left have large, painted oval shields. The group is on a stage in front of painted backdrop with tropical foliage including palm trees, and there is a thatched-roof building on the left. The opera "Troubled Island" was first performed by the New York City Opera March 31, 1949.
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uclalsc_1889_b21_f14_028.tif ark:/21198/z1pz6t0z
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Operas Blackface entertainers Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
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