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Minnie Foster's mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co

Description: Image of an advertisement for Minnie Foster's production of Uncle Tom's Cabin at Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and older African American actor reads a book aloud while sitting on a bench outdoors with a young blond girl under an image of an angel offering the same man her hand; vignettes of slave life including a dancing African American woman with a banjo, running dogs, two men riding a horse and a mule, and a slave auction block; decorative border.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1860-1879
Call number: priJLC_ENT_004754
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Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co

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Image of an outdoor scene with an older African American man, the character Uncle Tom, sitting on a porch in a rocking chair and reading a book to Eva, a blond child who stands at his side; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co

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Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of the slave hunter character the Lawyer Marks holding a top hat and cane; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Image of a central image of an older African American man in a torn shirt and suspenders kneeling before Abraham Lincoln who holds a handwritten copy of the “Emancipation Proclamation” with broken shackles at his feet, captioned “Abolition of Slavery”; with an upper-left image of Eliza, a young mother, and a young girl coming to Uncle Tom and his wife, who holds a candle, in their pajamas before their cabin at night, captioned “Eliza seeking protection of Uncle Tom”; a lower-left image of Eva, a young blond girl lying in a small bed with white and African American mourners crowding around the bed and a night stand with a cup, small bottle, and box on it, captioned “Death of Eva”;an upper-right image of an African American man and woman dancing in the front yard of a cabin in a wooded area with African American onlookers and a man playing a banjo, captioned “Pastimes in the sunny South”; a lower-right image of Topsy, a young African American girl wearing a potato sack dress that read “18 [space] CH,” throwing a bonnet while sitting on a messy floor next to a can while a white woman in formal dress looks on aghast; the poster presumably advertises an Uncle Tom’s Cabin show.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of the slave hunter character the lawyer Marks holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat and suit coat; head-and-shoulders portraits of United States President Abraham Lincoln and American novelist Harriett Beecher Stowe at top corners; the poster advertises a theatrical production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" adapted from the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co

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Image of a white man in a suit praying at the foot of a newly dug grave under a tree with three African American men standing in the background with a horse and one, presumably the gravedigger, holds a shovel; the poster advertises the Harmount Company production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Marston’s Uncle Tom’s cabin

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Image of an older African American man, the character Uncle Tom, saying goodbye to his wife and two children who sleep in a bed, with a white woman, dog, and fireplace also in the room; the poster advertises the play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" produced by Marston's Company and based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow.

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Minnie Foster's mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co

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