Visual Materials

Primrose & West's big minstrels : we are the "scorchers" of minstrelsy

Description: Image of an advertisement for Primrose & West's minstrel show featuring dozens of performers in blackface riding bicycles along paths behind Primrose and West themselves; a dog and some chickens flee in the foreground; man holding banner at center that reads, "Always Up To Date."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1895
Call number: priJLC_ENT_004749
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