Photograph of theatre production with blackface actors and Oliver Howard Horner
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph of theatre production with blackface actors and Oliver Howard Horner

Unidentified · ca. 1910

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mounting board
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A black and white photograph of a theatre production. On the proper right side a boy is sitting in a chair. He is wearing a suit and tie. His legs are crossed at the ankles and his hands are on his lap. There is a boy standing behind him. He is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, and is wearing blackface. On the proper left there is a girl sitting in a chair. She is wearing a fancy white ruffled dress. Her dark hair is pulled back and is parted in the middle. Her hands are folded on her lap and she has a bracelet on her proper left arm. There is a girl standing behind her with a striped dress, an apron, and a headscarf. She is also wearing blackface. The boy sitting in the chair is Oliver Howard Horner.

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