Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PS3634 |
Collection |
Small Photograph Collection |
Title |
Little Bowery A. C. Minstrel Show |
Date |
April 29, 1920 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Description |
Group photograph of members of the Little Bowery A. C. Minstrel Show at the Portsmouth Theatre Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH. There is a "Little Bowery Athletic Club" banner on the proscenium. Date and photographer printed on front. One person identified is the show's director Harry L. Dowdell who is in the back row, sixth person from the left. He lived at 50 Cornwall Street. Another man, William Linchey (later the Portsmouth City Marshall) was Mr. Interlocutor (the emcee), and he is believed to be in the front row center wearing the white suit. |
Photographer |
Staples, Walter C. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
10" x 8" |
Search Terms |
Little Bowery Athletic Club Portsmouth Theatre (Chestnut St.) Chestnut Street Cornwall Street |
Subjects |
Group portraits Young adults Young men Young women Unidentified Minstrel shows Stages (Platforms) Banners |
People |
Dowdell family Dowdell, Harry Leo, 1884-1951 Linchey family Linchey, William "Bill" John, 1897-1953 |
Caption |
Little Bowery A. C. Minstrel Show |