Iyree
Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/7509
The De Rue Brothers
ca. 1910-191520th century
97 x 140 mm (3.8 x 5.5 in.)
Iyree, American
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Inscribed on attached paper, upper center: “THE DE RUE BROS. IDEAL MINSTRELS. ORGANIZED IN THE YEAR OF 1899. THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE”; inscribed on attached paper (with drawing of man), lower center: “The above is for half sheet upright in four colors—have the two blackface of me one playing slide and the other saxophone—please get this out right away and…” [cut off]; embossed on mat, lower right: “IYREE RALEIGH N.C.”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Purchased by the donors from a secondhand store in Bridgeport, CT; possibly collected by owner or manager W.P. Heuritze of the Roanoke Theater (location presently untraced), or by several managers or theaters.
Bibliography:
See object file for research on the collection by Laura Plageman (B.A. Wesleyan 1999) and Erika Greene (B.A. Wesleyan 1988).
Credit Line:
Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981
Accession Number:
1981.27.5.74
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- blackface entertainers - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm001074
- comedy
- race (concept) - Identification of a group of people as distinct from other groups on the basis of physical or socially defined characteristics, such as language. [May 1995 descriptor added.]
- theater (discipline) - Use for the professionally oriented study of theater, involving training, practice, and study in the processes of doing theater. For the academically oriented study of theater, use "drama." [August 1995 descriptor changed, was "theater". April 1993 related term added.]
- vaudeville - LC sh 85142419
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 97 x 140 mm (3.8 x 5.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Iyree, American . The De Rue Brothers, ca. 1910-1915. Gelatin silver print. image : 97 x 140 mm (3.8 x 5.5 in.). DAC accession number 1981.27.5.74. Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .