Blackface Costumes

The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with startling acuity. Historians have traced the origins of the Klan to Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866, but the details behind the group's emergence have long remained shadowy. By parsing the earliest descriptions of the Klan, Elaine Frantz Parsons reveals that it was only as reports of the Tennessee Klan's mysterious and menacing activities began circulating in northern n... [Read More]

She asks for a ride. He obliges, ever the gentleman despite being a nervous hypochondriac come west to Arizona to take a cure. Now everyone thinks they’ve eloped, and a passel of angry folks is in pursuit! As the health worrywart, irrepressible Eddie Cantor is in a hilarious fix all the way up to his famed banjo eyes in this adaptation of his Broadway smash that’s the first of Cantor’s highly successful partnerships with producer Samuel Goldwyn. The songs include the ribald “Makin’ Who... [Read More]

Tony Award®-winning director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello s innocent wife and victim; tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; and baritone Zeljko Lucic plays the evil Iago, who masteminds Otello s demise. Both the Blu-ray and DVD include bonus material featuring an interview with Zeljko Lucic and Aleksandrs Antonenko, rehearsal footage, interview with Bartlett Scher and an intervie... [Read More]

RUSTY RYAN, created by Golden Age master Paul Gustavson, during World War II donned the patriotic costume and battled for freedom and justice. After the war he continued his adventure across the globe, appearing in over 100 issues of Feature Comics. He was accompanied by the Boyville Brigadiers, a group of equally-patriotic youths committed to protecting freedom and justice (and ensuring comic sales by featuring adolescent boys)! RUSTY RYAN'S stories were exciting, but many of his characters wer... [Read More]

4 boys in the back row appear to be in blackface with earrings. From original glass plate negative. You are buying a modern photographic print on Kodak Professional Endura paper. This image is copyrighted by McBride/Publisher and is not for publication without our written permission. See below for more details. Prints are created by our contract laboratory with printers that expose light sensitive paper that is then run through a chemical process. These are real photographs,not inkjet prints.The... [Read More]

Brand: Beinou Product Name: Feather Headband Hippie Boho Tribal Feather Headpiece Headbands Peacock Feather Hair Band Hair Accessories for Women and Girls High Quality Material: High quality PU rope, natural feathers, wood beads. Product Size: 90cm in length, 4.5cm in width. Suitable for: Head girth 45-60cm, available for most little girls over 3 years old, teenager and women. Style: India, Native American, Hippie, Boho, Gyspy, Festival Customs. Perfect Decor for: Photography, Holloween party, ... [Read More]

Reel FX Hollywood quality professional makeup offers high coverage in a water washable formula that is as easy to apply as it is to remove. Made in the USA. Rubie's costume Company has been bringing costumes and accessories to the world since 1950. As the world's costume leader, We take seriously the mission to make dressing up fun mascots, rental quality costumes, masks, wigs, accessories, shoes, and every significant licensed costume you would ever want to wear can be found under the rubie's b... [Read More]

Photograph Description: Eddie Cantor, full-length portrait, in blackface and costume, standing, facing front White Studio, N.Y. Date Created Published: 1941. Notes: Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection . Subjects: Cantor, Eddie,--1892-1964--Performances. Blackface entertainers--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950. Portrait photographs--1940-1950. Publicity photographs--1940-1950.