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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Galmore and Castle
ca. 191420th century
203 x 152 mm (8 x 6 in.)
Unity Photo Co., American
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Inscribed in blue ink, upper left: “Best wishes from Galmore & Castle Dec 5th/14”; inscribed in stamp, lower left: “Unity N.Y.”
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. 348 on George Castle; 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:
1981.27.5.6
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
architecture*,
blackface entertainers*,
castles*,
comedy,
race (concept)*,
theater (discipline)*,
vaudeville*
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- blackface entertainers - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm001074
- castles - Use for buildings or groups of buildings intended primarily to serve as a fortified residence of a prince or nobleman. AVERY
- 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: 203 x 152 mm (8 x 6 in.)
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Credit Caption
Unity Photo Co., American . Galmore and Castle, ca. 1914. Gelatin silver print. image : 203 x 152 mm (8 x 6 in.). DAC accession number 1981.27.5.6. Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .
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