Lieut. Dan Godfreys British Guards Band tour of America and Australia under the sole direction of Mr. Charles A.E. Harriss. – Vintage Poster
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Lieut. Dan Godfreys British Guards Band tour of America and Australia under the sole direction of Mr. Charles A.E. Harriss.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Lieut. Dan Godfreys British Guards Band tour of America and Australia under the sole direction of Mr. Charles A.E. Harriss.
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The 1899 lithograph announces Lieut. Dan Godfrey's British Guards Band on a tour of America and Australia under the sole direction of Charles A.E. Harriss, and at 282 by 629 centimeters it was built to be seen from across a street. Godfrey directed the band of the Grenadier Guards in London, and touring concert bands of that era drew crowds much as stage companies did, so the poster reads like a theatrical bill. The record credits the artist as Charles Turner Dazey, a poster designer active in the late 1800s, and it also names Walter Brister and the Original Pickaninny Band, a racist stage label that shows the minstrel-era conventions of the period.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 282 x 629 cm. |
| Notes | Dazey Charles Turner 1855-1938. Brister Walter. Original Pickaninny Band. |
| Subjects | Godfrey Dan Sir 1868- Lieut. Dan Godfreys British Guards Band--Performances. Military bands. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 3,072 × 1,336 px · prints to 10 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272251 |
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