Image:Minstrel PosterBillyVanWare edit.jpg

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  • Caption: Billy Van, the monologue comedian.
  • TITLE: Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee
  • CALL NUMBER: POS - MIN - .W48, no. 35 (C size) [P&P]
  • REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-5698 (colour film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-24132 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, colour ; 76 x 101 cm.
  • CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cin'ti ; New York : Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900.
  • CREATOR: Strobridge & Co. Lith.
  • NOTES: Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York."
  • N.Y. no. 9020.
  • SUBJECTS: Van, Billy, 1860-1912--Performances. African Americans--Performances & portrayals. Comedians. Minstrel shows.
  • FORMAT: Portrait prints. Theatrical posters American. Lithographs Colour.
  • PART OF: Minstrel Poster Collection (Library of Congress)
  • REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
  • DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll copy film) var 1831 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/var.1831
  • CONTROL #: var1994001770/PP
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Date

1900
Author

Strobridge & Co. Lith
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Vertical resolution 2500 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 11:19, 29 November 2007
Author Library of Congress
Colour space 65535
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