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The College Pee-rade, Burlington, 1910
Real Photo Postcard of a parade float entitled "A Study in Black and (Bob) White." Five men are in a boxing ring, one appears to be in black face, one had a black eye, one has a megaphone, and two are sitting on stools wearing long robes. Outside…
Tags: blackface, parades, stereotypes
Altimont Cornet Band Minstrels
Another example of a minstrel show being performed in a Vermont town. This one is for a group called the Altimont Cornet Band Minstrels performing at Hammond Hall in Ludlow in 1889
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
Apollo Club Minstrels, 1886
Another example of the prevalence of minstrel shows in Vermont, this is a flyer for a minstrel show put on by the Apollo Club, a local social club, at the Blanchard Opera House in Montpelier in 1886.
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
Hometown Minstrels, East Montpelier, Vermont, 1957
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This is a four-page program for the Hometown Minstrels Show put on by the citizens of East Montpelier, Vermont, in 1957. The…
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
All Star minstrel show, in Gaysville, Vt.
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show in Gaysville, a village of Stockbridge, Vt., in 1932.
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
Minstrel revue in St. Johnsbury
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show at the Cray's Star Theater in St. Johnsbury in 1932.
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
All-Star minstrel show in Vermont
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This photograph shows the "All- Star Minstrels," a group of 14 men on stage, twelve of them in blackface. Most of the men in…
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
Minstrel show by Barre photographer.
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This postcard shows a group of 14 men on stage, six of them in blackface. They appear to be a community-based, amateur production. …
Tags: blackface, minstrels, stereotypes
Kake Walk at UVM pictured in Vermont Life magazine, 1949
In an article about the future of the University of Vermont, the editors of Vermont Life included a photograph of Kake Walk, an event in which students performed in blackface, calling it a "unique annual tradition." The article did not suggest that…
Tags: blackface, cakewalk, stereotypes, UVM
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Good Templars, circa 1907
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A group of men and women belonging to the lodge of Good Templars stand for their portrait on the steps of the Knights of Pylthias building. The…