Reiff & Helt Sold “Black-Face” Eddie Ross’ Records, 1921
Reiff and Helt was a furniture dealer and funeral director in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1921. The business was the leading distributor of the RCA Victor machines in the […]
Black-Face in Tremont Community Group Play, 1952
In 1952, the Tremont Community Organization presented a play entitled, “Mama’s Baby Boy.” One of the characters in the play was in black-face. The photo (above), that appeared in the […]
“Agony Quartet” – Girls in Black-Face Perform at Women’s Club, 1952
A photograph that appeared in the West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald, April 25, 1952, featured four Tremont High School girls who performed at the Tremont Women’s Club at […]
Black-Face at the Tremont Rotary Club, 1942
A photograph that appeared in the West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald‘s “Down Memory Lane” feature on April 26, 1962, featured two unidentified men in black-face. The photo was […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show at Elizabethville, 1957
A black-face minstrel show was presented at the Elizabethville School by the V. F. W Post at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1957, March 1, 1957, and March 2, […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show in Elizabethville, 1959
A black-face minstrel show was presented by the football team of the Upper Dauphin High School and the V. F. W. Post of Elizabethville on the evenings of February 27, […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show in Shamokin, 1963
A photograph of a minstrel show held at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1963 The cast was made up of students from the school […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show at Klinger’s Church in Erdman, 1958
A black-face minstrel show was presented as part of the entertainment at the annual Sunday School Picnic of Zion (Klinger’s) Lutheran and Reformed Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]