Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 443

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MUSIC--MINSTRELSY.) J. W. Gorman's Alabama Troubadours, America's Greatest Colored Show. 4to 16 page stapled, descriptive pictorial booklet, printed on orange paper. Salem, NY, circa 1899

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A rare survival of a fragile piece. Gorman's Troubadours were billed as 'A Real Exposition of Life in the Cotton Fields (!), a Band of Afro-American Celebrities. The Comedy Kings of the South.' Illustrations include a depiction of the famous Cake Walk, a 'Plantation Festival of Merriment' and a wonderful centerfold piece showing more images of how much fun it was to live on the old plantation.