Image of an outdoor scene with an older African American man, the character Uncle Tom, sitting on a porch in a rocking chair and reading a book to Eva, a blond child who stands at his side; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow. Probable date and printer supplied by cataloger. "'Uncle Tom & Eva'"--text, caption, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 67.31 x 46.99 cm (26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Children and adults--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Older people--Pictorial works Reading--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)--Pictorial works Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company 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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