Kilburn seems to have done more than just this one in blackface. There is at
least one more with the same cast of characters but a much closer view,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290411854231. An auction
catalog of the National Stereoscopic Association lists several more from
Kilburn that might be similar,
http://www.stereoview.org/2008%20Spotlight%20Auction%20Results.pdf. The
Wikipedia entry for Kilburn lists a few books which might be helpful.
Beth Chamberlain
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life" Henry Ward
Beecher
http://mysite.verizon.net/bachamberlain
http://bookworm1860.blogspot.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Penny Ladnier" <[email protected]>
To: "h-costume" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:27 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Please help with this photo
I won a wedding stereoview on eBay a couple of days ago. Please take a
look at it, auction 140387324507. Scroll to the bottom of the page for
the photo enlargement. I received the stereoview today and popped it into
my viewer. We believe there is something strange about the photo. It
looks like the people might be in black-face. Can you please take a look
at it and let me know what you think. The minister has something on his
forehead that looks like a wig cap.
I did a quick Google search on stereoviews and the name BW Kilburn to see
if there are other photos in this style. I have not see one. Is anyone
familiar with this photographer?
Penny Ladnier
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
14 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history
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