Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers. – Antique Print
![Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers., [187-?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/77/778b89dadcf8-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers.
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The poster for Donavin's Original Tennesseans advertises a fifth annual tour and 118 consecutive concerts in New York and Brooklyn, a run that shows how popular such troupes had become in the city by the 1870s. Its title, "slave cabin singers," points to the staged plantation setting that minstrel companies used, and the sheet is built around individual portraits of the performers. Minstrelsy drew large audiences in the postwar decades, and prints like this one reveal both its commercial reach and the racist stereotypes it presented as entertainment.
| Created / published | [187-?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, b&w ; 65 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters American.Portrait prints.Lithographs. |
| Notes | At head of title: Fifth annual tour, 118 consecutive concerts in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. Individual portraits signed by: F. Friedlein, Fleming, or Photo Eng. Co., N.Y. |
| Subjects | Donavin's Original Tennesseans. African Americans--Performances & portrayals. Minstrel shows. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204721 |
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