Group Portrait, YMHA Minstrel Show, 1936
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- Collection
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1photograph: b&w ; 24.4cm x 19cm
- Fonds No.
- 1256; 021176
- Date
- 1936
- Collection
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1photograph: b&w ; 24.4cm x 19cm
- Date
- 1936
- Fonds No.
- 1256
- Item No.
- 021176
- Notes
- Group Portrait, YMHA MInstrel Show, 1936
- Photograph secured on mat: 33.5cm x 25.2cm
- Photo mat signed by Harvey Golden: "In Grateful Appreciation for an Excellent Production Y.M.H.A. Minstrel Show 1936" “The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of racist entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted people specifically of African descent. The shows were performed by mostly white people in make-up or blackface for the purpose of playing the role of black people” and lampooning them. Read more at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show “Contrary to popular belief, blackface minstrelsy was a popular form of entertainment in Canada, much as it was in the United States.” Read more at McGill’s Arts Against PostRacialism site: https://www.mcgill.ca/aapr/blackface-canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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