Harvard president and professors as minstrels, ca. 1881.

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Harvard president and professors as minstrels, ca. 1881.

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This image depicts the Harvard President, Charles W. Eliot, and four unidentified professors as performers in a minstrel show. It is a photomontage. Most of the image consists of a cartoon of four minstrel performers on a stage. Photographs of the heads of Eliot and the four professors have been inserted in place of the heads of the minstrel performers. The four professors are possibly Francis J. Child, Josiah P. Cooke, Henry W. Torrey, and William James. A monogram in the lower right corner is probably that of the Hasty Pudding Club.

1 photograph : b&w ; ca. 6 x ca. 10 cm.

Harvard University Archives.

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