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Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. Creator: Unknown.

Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. '60 Entertainers and Dixieland Band - Songs - Dances - Music - Comedy...A Million Laughs! - Mirthful Musical Minstrel Melange - Curits Guild Post & Ladies Aux.V.F.W. Christmas Basket Fund - Chelsea Sr. High School'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. Some of the productions were minstrel shows, offensive musical plays featuring white performers wearing blackface and dressed in clownish outfits, denigrating African American people and perpetuating racist stereotypes.
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Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. Creator: Unknown.
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Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. '60 Entertainers and Dixieland Band - Songs - Dances - Music - Comedy...A Million Laughs! - Mirthful Musical Minstrel Melange - Curits Guild Post & Ladies Aux.V.F.W. Christmas Basket Fund - Chelsea Sr. High School'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. Some of the productions were minstrel shows, offensive musical plays featuring white performers wearing blackface and dressed in clownish outfits, denigrating African American people and perpetuating racist stereotypes.
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3322 x 4960 px | 47.1 MB
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28.1 x 42.0 cm | 11.1 x 16.5 in (300 dpi)
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