Minstrel shows 1928 and 1929
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1. Photocopy of newspaper ad or pamphlet for "Douglas Home-Town Minstrels" a musical performance to be held April 26 and 27, 1928 at the Village Hall. Presented by the Douglas Chamber of Commerce. Item previously cataloged at 95-51-1c.
2. 95-28-1c photo of the Douglas Hometown Minstrels performers, many in blackface. The drum provided by the Saugatuck High School. Stage bedecked in USA flags.
3. Digital scan of 1929 advertisement for another Chamber of Commerce Minstrel show
Original photograph cataloged in 1992 as 89-1-68.

2022.03.53
For more information about blackface in American history, see: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/blackface-birth-american-stereotype https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/coon/homepage.htm
RacismTheater, plays, dramatic performing arts
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