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John "Spider Bruce" Mason performing in blackface at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.No datelikely between 1931 and 1940Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.Typewritten note on verso of copy: Apollo Theater, Spider Bruce, John Mason.
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1 Photograph : Black And White Print; 7 X 10 Cm; Image/Tiff; Image/Jpeg; Image/Jp2
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All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.
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Keywords

  1. African American Comedians
  2. African Americans
  3. Apollo Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 42nd Street)
  4. Blackface Entertainers
  5. Mason, John Henry, 1895 1952

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