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Cast photograph, possibly of the William Grant Still opera "Troubled Island," New York, circa 1949

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Title: Cast photograph, possibly of the William Grant Still opera "Troubled Island," New York, circa 1949
Alternative Title: "William Grant Still, Composer" from Miriam Matthews' Binder
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1949]
1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: 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.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b21_f14_028.tif
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Subject: Blackface entertainers
Operas
Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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