blackface
19 photos tagged blackface, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.
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Related tags
Tags that often appear on the same photos:
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- libraryofcongress
- costumes
- eddiecantor
- ziegfieldfollies
- cantor
- singer
- sixbrownbrothers
- vaudeville
- clownband
- clown
- clowns
- sax
- saxophone
- saxophones
- brownbrothers
- thanksgiving
- holiday
- kids
- children
- trickortreat
- tradition
- 1910s
- masking
Members using this tag
- The Library of Congress
- Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County
- George Eastman Museum
- Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
- New York Public Library
- State Library of Queensland
- National Galleries of Scotland Commons
Photos
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Promotional float for Paramount Theatre, Bundaberg, ca. 1930s from State Library of Queensland uploaded October 2025
OSD 1937-1938-26 from Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County uploaded March 2018
OSD 1937-1938-12 from Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County uploaded March 2018
Brown Bros. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
Brown Bros. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
Brown Bros. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
[Ziegfield Follies bill-board with ad. "Buy War Savings Stamps"] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
[Ziegfield Follies bill-board with ad. "Buy War Savings Stamps"] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
[Ziegfield Follies bill-board with ad. "Buy War Savings Stamps"] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2017
2016-02 (page 5) from Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County uploaded June 2016
Ellesmere Carnival from Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales uploaded October 2012
Illustrators at play 2/19/14 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2010
'Macgregor', owned by James R. Dempster, Ladyton from National Galleries of Scotland Commons uploaded December 2008
Dr. Polly (cinema 1913) from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Columbia students as savages with missionary (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2008
Conversations
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[Ziegfield Follies bill-board with ad. "Buy War Savings Stamps"] (LOC)
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swanq said:
This might be Eddie Cantor. See www.blackpresence.co.uk/racist-ads/ for an ad that shows him in similar outfit and blackface. carlacushman.blogspot.com/2009/09/ziegfeld-follies-part-t... indicates that he played in the Follies in blackface.
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Art Siegel said:
Here is Cantor in the same costume, possibly from the 1919 Ziegfield Follies: digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a59aa3d4-772f-9662-e040... Plus, it seems to say "Cantor" on the right margin of the negative.
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swanq said:
Art Siegel : Well spotted. It definitely says Cantor.
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq and Art Siegel this does appear to be Eddie Cantor so we'll add his name to the description.
Thanksgiving Maskers scramble for pennies (LOC)
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Randy Reiss said:
Really interesting history of Thanksgiving Masking can be found here: www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-55083998.html?Q="mumming