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Title: Lew Dockstader’s Minstrels : George Powers banjoist and comedian
Creator: Metropolitan Job Printing and Engraving Establishment, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891
1892
1893
1894
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a full-length portrait of minstrel performer George Powers seated in blackface.
Probable date range based on show history; Harry Clapham managed the show from 1891 until 1894. "Harry / J. Clapham / Manager"--text, upper right. "Metropolitan / Print / N.Y."--text, lower left.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 50.48 cm (30 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000500
387674
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2285
Language: English
Subject: Powers, George W., 1847---Portraits
Actors--Portraits
African Americans--Performances & portrayals
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Comedians--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Lew Dockstader's Minstrels
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Minstrel
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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