Image of two scenes from the play "The White Slave" consisting of a top image of a woman and man standing beyond a porch at dusk with the caption "Rags are royal raiment, when worn for virtue's sake!" and a bottom image of a white woman standing in a cloak in a dark lantern-lit room of men and an African American woman in a cloak with the caption "That lady is a genuine white woman!"; the poster advertises the drama "The White Slave" by Bartley Campbell. "Copyright 1911 by / The / Strobridge / Litho. Co. / Cincinnati & New York."--text, bottom right. "N.Y. No. 13739"--text, top right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 103.82 x 74.93 cm (40 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works African Americans--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Slaves--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Women slaves--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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