Lykens-Wiconisco Singing Group Performs Minstrel, 1914
On March 9, 1914, a group of men from Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, performed a minstrel show at the Lykens Opera House. The group was variously described as […]
Harrisburg – Gus Hill’s Minstrels, 1920
An ad from the Harrisburg Evening News, January 27, 1920, for the Gus Hill Minstrels, to be held at the Wilmer and Vincent Orpheum Theatre, Harrisburg, Friday and Saturday January […]
Plans for Elizabethville Park & Playground, 1920
An article in the Elizabethville Echo of July 29, 1920 provided architectural plans and description of the proposed park for the Borough of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, July 28 […]
Local Minstrels Get Ideas from Philadelphia, 1906
An undated photograph of the Dumont’s Minstrel Theatre at the corner of 9th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, operated by Frank Dumont, nationally-known master of the minstrel. Dumont acquired the theatre […]
Guy Brothers Minstrels Perform in Lykens, 1914
An image from a cover of a collection of sheet music from the Guy Brothers Minstrels, who were scheduled to perform at the Lykens Opera House, December 12, 1914. Minstrel […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (5)
A copy of the theatrical poster displayed at venues showing D. W. Griffith‘s screenplay, The Birth of a Nation, which made its debit in 1915. The poster depicts a horse […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (4)
A scene from The Birth of a Nation, 1915, depicting the speaker of the South Carolina Legislature and other officers during a Reconstruction session in 1871. The scene was part […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (3)
An undated portrait of Congressman William W. Griest (1858-1929), who served in Congress from 1909 until his death in 1929, representing the Pennsylvania district that included Lancaster, the home town […]