Share your favorites on Show & Tell

Photo of Silent film/Vaudeville actor as woman in blackface from Hartsook Photo SF-LA

In Movies > Movie Photos > Show & Tell and Photographs > Show & Tell.
Movie Photos164 of 220Steve McQueen"East of Eden" Stills
5
Love it
0
Like it

aghcollectaghcollect loves this.
kerry10456kerry10456 loves this.
kygurl32kygurl32 loves this.
ManikinManikin loves this.
blunderbuss2blunderbuss2 loves this.
See 3 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 12 years ago

    Downhome
    (24 items)

    Alright, I have quite the odd one here - a very old photograph of a male actor dressed up as a woman in "blackface" from a very well known Photography studio back in the day -Fred Hartsook's Hartsook Photo out of SF & LA.

    I went to a local auction the other night and this photograph of an actor in "blackface" came up and I got it for next to nothing. I have found other vintage Hollywood photographs at the same auction before, and no one else usually seems to know what any of them are, so I get them at great deals.

    Anyway, I have no clue where to start on this one. I assume the photograph is from 1915 to 1925 or so. This photo is from Fred Hartsook's studio Hartsook Photo out of San Francisco and Los Angeles. I imagine this is a press photo from the time period for some sort of silent film or a Vaudeville act of some sort, but I wouldn't even know how to go about figuring it out. I hope someone here can help me. I would love to be able to figure out at least who is in the photograph, and if it is from a specific film it would be amazing to be able to identify which one it was for as well.

    Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

    Unsolved Mystery

    Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below.

    logo
    Movie Photos
    See all
    MARILYN MONROE JOSH LOGAN BUS STOP 1956 CANDID ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH
    MARILYN MONROE JOSH LOGAN BUS STOP ...
    $45
    Bones And All Movie Theater Picture Photo Promo Timothee Chalamet
    Bones And All Movie Theater Picture...
    $11
    Sean Connery From Russia with Love Iconic James Bond Vintage Photo Stamped Snipe
    Sean Connery From Russia with Love ...
    $63
    RITA HAYWORTH LADY FROM SHANGHAI 1947 RARE ORIGINAL VINTAGE DBLWT PHOTOGRAPH
    RITA HAYWORTH LADY FROM SHANGHAI 19...
    $104
    logo
    MARILYN MONROE JOSH LOGAN BUS STOP 1956 CANDID ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH
    MARILYN MONROE JOSH LOGAN BUS STOP ...
    $45
    See all

    Comments

    1. Downhome, 12 years ago
      Thanks for the love guys!
    2. Downhome, 11 years ago
      Anyone else out there got any ideas on this one?

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.