William H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: William H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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William H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee
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Tom Lewis, billed on this 1899 color lithograph as "the great comedian," is the performer the caption singles out for William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee. Late nineteenth-century minstrel shows were touring entertainments built on song, dance, and comic routines, and the largest troupes promoted themselves as spectacles. The poster was printed by the Strobridge Litho Co., a Cincinnati and New York firm known for theatrical advertising, and its bold color was designed to catch the eye of passersby on busy streets.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 49 cm. |
| Notes | 46523 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co Cinti=New York. Caption: Tom Lewis the great comedian. N.Y. no. 8543. · Wm. H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,104 × 3,072 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272784 |
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