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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/660
William C. Sears
ca. 1905-191520th century
240 x 190 mm (9.4 x 7.5 in.)
Anonymous,
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Inscribed in ink, lower center: “William C. Sears. Make this cut in blackface”; inscribed in pencil, upper center: drawing of musical staff and notes
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 Laurie, p. 153; 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:
1981.27.5.50
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
blackface entertainers*,
comedy,
music*,
musicians*,
race (concept)*,
theater (discipline)*,
vaudeville*
- blackface entertainers - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm001074
- comedy
- music - The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. [January 1995 scope note added. December 1991 related term added; related term added.]
- musicians - Those skilled or specializing in the art or practice of music, such as composers, conductors, and performers. [January 1995 scope note added. February 1993 descriptor moved. November 1992 alternate term added. March 1992 related terms added.]
- 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: 240 x 190 mm (9.4 x 7.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Anonymous, . William C. Sears, ca. 1905-1915. Gelatin silver print. image : 240 x 190 mm (9.4 x 7.5 in.). DAC accession number 1981.27.5.50. Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .