Advertisement for Louise Dresser's "The Orpheum Show," 1900

This 1900 poster advertises Louise Dresser's "The Orpheum Show," in which she, like many other white female vaudeville performers, used African-American children as a chorus of eccentric singers and dancers.

Institution: U.S. Library of Congress.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Advertisement for Louise Dresser's "The Orpheum Show," 1900." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/dresse-louise-2-still-image>.