Minstrel Show and Brigg's Orchestra, c.1922
Description
- Creator
- Duncan Campbell, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a Minstrel Show with performers in blackface at the recreation hall on stage at the Ontario Hospital. Briggs' Orchestra took part in this show.
- Notes
- Content Note: Minstrel shows were a form a popular entertainment in North America in the 19th and 20th centuries. A key goal of minstrel music was the creation and reinforcement of stereotypes about Black people with the goal of legitimizing white dominance, particularly following the abolishment of slavery in the United States. Minstrel performers, who were white, often darkened their skin artifically in an attemp to offensively impersonate Black people, a practice known as blackface.
Minstrel troupes travelled throughout Canada and blackface was a favourte form of entertainment for local amateurs at fundraisers for schools, police forces, community groups, churches, and charitable organizations.
- Date of Original
- c.1922
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 cm
Height: 12 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 10cm
Image Height: 12cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 18-016-002
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
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