Posted 12 years ago
Downhome
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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!
Thanks for the love guys!
Anyone else out there got any ideas on this one?