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AL. G. FIELD MINSTRELS AL. G. FIELD MINSTRELS stage poster OR search current auctions Auction History Result 4z0143 AL. G. FIELD MINSTRELS linen 26x40 stage poster 1920s art of Harry Frankel in blackface, rare! Date Sold 7/9/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Stage Play Poster (measures 26 1/4" x 40" [67 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Al. G. Field Minstrels was a traveling minstrel show from the 1900s to the the mid-1920s. The minstrel show (or minstrelsy) was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and musical performances, and the shows were usually performed by white people in make-up or blackface. Al. G. Field was born Alfred Griffin Hatfield around the middle of the 19th century. Starting in 1875, he performed in the Sells Brothers Circus and began managing the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in 1884. In 1886, he opened his first traveling minstrel show with 27 performers. He passed away in 1921 at the age of 72. His last will and testament arranged for his minstrel show to be bequeathed to his brother Joseph E. Hatfield and to Edward Conard. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this poster! This poster features Harry Frankel ("The Boy from Old Kentucky") in blackface. Interestingly, after Harry Frankel stopped performing in minstrel shows, he became "Singin' Sam the Barbasol Man", because he sang on the radio and did commercials for that company! Also note that this is one of eight different posters for Al. G. Field Minstrels we are currently auctioning, and all but one show either a performer solely in blackface or in blackface and without makeup. We believe that this poster and the other seven Al. G. Field posters all date from the mid 1920s, perhaps from exactly 1924 or 1925, because one of the posters advertises Rody Jordan, who apparently only performed in blackface in the 1924-25 season. In the past, we have only previously auctioned two Al. G. Field posters, and both of those did not show the performer in blackface. These posters are incredibly rare! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 26 1/4" x 40" [67 x 102 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had a few tears around the edges and some faint creases and scuffs scattered in the center of the image. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Also, the poster is slightly rippled, no doubt from having been in a frame, but it is not very noticeable. Learn More about condition grades 
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