Summary
Note: This image depicts people wearing 'black face'. Such activities are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context does not excuse or erase this fact.
This negative is part of the Biggest Family Album collection of images comprising approximately 10,000 negatives documenting life in rural and regional Victoria dating from the 1890s to the 1940s.
Description of Content
A group of men in 'black face'. They performed as the Eaglehawk Minstrels. Two hold tambourines while two hold bones.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from W Dennis, 22 Oct 1987
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Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Recreation & tourism, Performing arts - ensembles, Musicians
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