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Christy Brothers Circus Side Show": Promotional Card Showing African American Musicians and the Sideshow Company
1927Best.-Nr. BK0205N.p. 1927. Halftone-printed promotional card 5 ¾ × 9 ½ inches. Printed caption and Century Photographers credit within the image; blank verso. Some toning soiling and wear with small pinholes; good overall. An appealing promotional card reproducing Edward J. Kelty's 1927 group portrait of the Christy Brothers Circus sideshow company with its African American musicians and dancers prominently represented. The musicians stand across the foreground with their instruments flanked by large bass drums while women in stage costume occupy the row behind. Painted banners advertise the "Museum of Christy Living Curiosities" and "Big Double Annex." The caption identifies the sideshow's manager as H. Emgard. Kelty operated under the name Century Photographers in New York and traveled to circuses with a mobile studio and darkroom. He photographed performers and working crews developed the images on site and sold prints to circus personnel. The present card is a smaller printed reproduction of one of these group portraits. unknown
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