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- Interior snapshot of scene from school play. Students in costume wearing head dress and blackface. Jewish People's Schools.
Interior snapshot of scene from school play. Students in costume wearing head dress and blackface. Jewish People's Schools.
Description only — contact the archive1024-1-11-[85-269]-PR018103
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- Jewish Public Library Archives via Jewish Public Library Archives
- Dates
- 1953-06-11 (indexed as 1953)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- * Stamped verso: R.E. FLEISCHMAN / - PHOTOGRAPHER- / 5968 Park Ave., MONTREAL, P.Q. / DO. 6860 JUN 11 1953 * 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
- Location
- 5968 avenue du Parc · address · confidence 75% · address:interpolated · former street name · found as “5968 Park Ave.”
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- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2cm x 20.6cm
- Subjects
- School plays
- Genre / form
- Graphic materials
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:29:20Z · source datestamp n/a · ead