Wm. H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West). – 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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Step back in time with Wm. H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West)., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Wm. H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).
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The caption names Ezra Kendall, a comedian in the company, and promises "smiles for all and a frown for none." The show continued William H. West's minstrel troupe, which had earlier toured as Primrose & West with George Primrose, one of the best-known partnerships in American minstrelsy. Touring minstrel companies of this period mixed music, comic routines and novelty acts, and they relied on large posters like this one to draw crowds before they arrived. The Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and New York printed the sheet in color, and at roughly nine by six feet it was built to be read from across a street.
| Created / published | 1898 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 281 x 184 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co Cinti & New York. Smaller versions of poster: POS - MIN - .W48 no. 3 (C size); POS - MIN - .W48 no. 3a (C size); POS - MIN - .W48 no. 3b (D size). Caption: Ezra Kendall : with smiles for all and a frown for none. N.Y. no. 8073. · Wm. H. Wests Big Minstrel Jubilee. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 1,930 × 2,709 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272787 |
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