Crafts School Minstrels

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Craft School Minstrel 1927

Craft School Minstrel 1927

Name/Title

Crafts School Minstrels

Entry/Object ID

2005.004.030

Tags

Content warning

Description

Inside a school auditorium with a row of students seated on stage. On both the right and left of the row are three students in blackface. Behind the students are flags: Palmetto Tree, American, and Confederate.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2005.004.

Source or Donor

New Photos Catalog Records (2005)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Melchers Studio

Date made

1927

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Back

Transcription

Right ends: Gerard (?) Rains(?); Wallace Whetsell; Walter Watson; Ed Siegling; Cleveland Smith; Pearl Du(?); Rose Hutchins; F(?) Grases(?), Betty Kingdon(?), Rosa Bryan Left Ends: John Dori(?), Virginia Chisolm; Edwin Schacthe; Bachman Smith; Jack Goodwin; Bernice Berlin; Geraldine McNeal; Anna Mustard(?)

Notes

Lists of the individuals are identified

Type

Inscription

Location

Back

Transcription

Crafts School Minstrels 1927.

Location

Printed on photo

Transcription

Melchers 1927

Location

Printed on the matte

Transcription

Melcher's Studio, Charleston, S.C.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

People

Search Terms

Minstrel shows--Photographs, School children--Photographs, Auditoriums--Photographs, Race relations--Photographs

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Photo measures 9½" x 7¾"; matted to a total dimension of 13½" x 11".

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 4

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon/Archives/AV Materials/Oversized

Category

Permanent

Location

Building

Missroon/Archives/AV Materials PhoBox4

Category

Permanent

Copyright

Copyright Details

In copyright.

Created By

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Create Date

October 26, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

June 28, 2023