Collection:
    Juneau—Douglas City Museum
    Object ID:
    2008.07.001
    Accession#:
    2008.07
    Credit Line:
    Donated by Ruth Peterson from the collection of Hildur Elvira Liljestrand Peterson.
    Object Name:
    Print, Photographic
    Title:
    "Lu—Lu" Elk's Minstrels
    Place:
    Juneau
    Date:
    01/08/1908
    Description:
    Cabinet card photograph of a woman in blackface sitting under a palm tree. Studio composition.  Model is sitting on a bench with a small umbrella in her right hand. She is wearing a costume that includes what appears to be a grass skirt and large hoop ear rings. Printed in white on the bottom proper right corner is: ' "Lu—Lu" Elk's Minstrels Jan. 8th 1908.'
On the reverse is written in cursive with black ink: "To /Miss Hildur Liljestrand/From/J.R.C. Jan. 1908."
    On the reverse is written in cursive with black ink: "To /Miss Hildur Liljestrand/From/J.R.C. Jan. 1908."
People:
    Peterson, Hildur Elvira Liljestrand
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  Portrait
Organization
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Ethnic Diversity