Image of a male plantation owner holding a cane and a sad looking white woman holding her bonnet with African American slaves harvesting cotton in the field behind them and a plantation house, slave cabins, river, and steamship in the background; the poster advertises the drama "The White Slave" by Bartley Campbell. "Copyright 1911 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co / Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom right of image. "N.Y. No. 13717"--text, top right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 101.28 cm (30 1/4 x 39 7/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works African Americans--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Plantations--Pictorial works Slaves--Pictorial works Theatrical productions 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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