(MINSTRELS.) John W. Isham's Octaroons, Flattered by Imitators. Poster printed in orange, blue, black and brown. In the center, a photographic portrait of Tom Brown; to the right, an image of him "strutting," holding a broom, wash-pail and duster.

(MINSTRELS.) John W. Isham's Octaroons, Flattered by Imitators. Poster printed in orange, blue, black and brown. In the center, a photographic portrait of Tom Brown; to the right, an image of him "strutting," holding a broom, wash-pail and duster. Visible repairs to vertical and horizontal folds. 28 x 19.25 inches. New York: H. C. Miner Litho Co., circa 1895-96 E600/800 While black minstrel shows toured the country in the later nineteenth century, The Octaroons have the distinction of being "the first all black company to per-form on Broadway proper." See Hughes and Meltzer's Black Magic, page 49.