Hyde’s Star Specialty Co. : Frank Howard.
Call Number |
priJLC_ENT_000204 |
Title |
Hyde’s Star Specialty Co. : Frank Howard. |
Printer |
Liebler & Maass |
Printer Location |
New York (N.Y.) |
Date |
approximately 1889 |
Date Searchable |
1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894 |
Physical Description |
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 104.46 x 40.96 cm (41 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.) |
Object Type |
Posters, advertising |
Description |
Image of an older African American man holding a cane and carpetbag, with a rural cabin in the background; the poster presumably advertises the sketch "Way Down South" performed by blackface actor Frank Howard with Hyde's Star Specialty Company under the management of James Hyde. |
Notes |
Date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper articles from 1889 and 1890 describing the show, including one describing the sketch "Way Down South" performed by the "Hyde Musical and Specialty Company" and noting "Frank Howard, the leader in the sketch, is one of the best old man plantation negro personators ever seen here" (Sacramento Daily Record, 12 April 1890, page 8). "Liebler & Maass / Litho. New York"--text, bottom right of image. "107--text, bottom right of image. |
Local Subject Description |
Hyde’s Star Specialty Company |
Subjects |
Howard, Frank A., -1930 -- Portraits. Actors -- Portraits. African Americans -- Performances & portrayals. African Americans -- Pictorial works. Blackface entertainers -- Pictorial works. Minstrel shows. Older people -- Pictorial works. Theatrical productions. |
Form/Genre |
Lithographs -- Color -- 1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters -- American. (gmgpc) |
Language |
English [eng] |
Contributor 01 |
Last, Jay T. (donor) |
Physical Collection |
Jay T. Last Collection |
Physical Sub-Collection |
Entertainment |
Physical Series |
Large Size |
Physical Sub-Series |
Music and Theater |
Digital Collection |
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library |
Department |
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera |
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection |
For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z321cb/ |
Digitization Specifications |
High resolution. |
Restrictions |
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=588 . |
Unique Digital Identifier |
386175 |
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