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Auction History Result 1v018 JOE WALSH'S BROWN DERBY MINSTRELS 1sheet '20s great black African-American golfing image! Date Sold 8/28/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28" x 40") (Learn More) Joe Walsh's Brown Derby Minstrels, the circa 1920s poster advertising a touring black African American group of minstrel musicians, who put on a minstrel show that likely included music and other forms of prepared skits and scenes, appearing in Ohio ("Columbia Theatre Alliance 4 Days Com. Sunday Mat. Sept. 2 Street parade at noon - Mon. & Tues. Palace Theatre Ashland, O."). Note that a perpetual calendar shows that "Sunday, September 2" fell in 1900, 1906, 1917, 1923, 1928, and 1934. Based on the style and quality of the printing of the three different posters we have discovered from this show, we think it is likely that it is from the 1910s or 1920s, meaning they would date from between 1917 and 1928, but we have been unable to find ANY additional information about this performing group. If anyone knows more about this poster or "Joe Walsh's Brown Derby Minstrels", please email us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that the poster depicts a great artwork image of a black golfer dressed in 1910s or 1920s golfing clothes, swinging a golf club, and hitting his caddy (who appears to be dressed like a hotel bellhop!) in the knee with his golf club, while behind them is a fancy resort by the ocean with two black ladies in swimsuits, one in an evening gown, and a black woman wearing a French maid-type outfit! Condition: good to very good. This one-sheet was discovered along with two other examples of the same poster. We auctioned the best condition example on 12/18/07, and it sold for $757.00. The other example of the poster was in similar condition to this one. In the case of that poster and this poster, it was trimmed below the words "STREET PARADE AT NOON" and then glued together as this one was (see below). Even though this example of the poster measures 28" x 40", it has been trimmed. Originally, the poster was printed with a section beneath the top title area (and above the "STREET PARADE AT NOON" area) that gave specific show times and play dates for a performance at the Columbia Theatre. It seems that this poster was re-used after that date, and since those show times and play dates no longer applied, someone neatly cut the poster below that area, which measured approximately 2", and they then neatly glued the top section to the bottom section, so that the show times and play dates were underneath the part of the poster that reads "STREET PARADE AT NOON". Any talented restorer could separate the two sections of the poster, and then re-attach them where they originally were attached, and one would have the completely poster back again, with just a fine separation along the area where it was cut. Other than the above defect, the poster has a 4" tear in the left of the top border, a 3" tear in the right of the top border, small pieces of brown paper tape on the back of the corners, paper loss in the bottom of the right border (just slightly extending into the dark border area), and some pinholes, creases, and small tears around the edges of the poster. After proper restoration of the above defects, the poster will look fantastic, and there will truthfully be little paint restoration required in the image! Learn More about condition grades 
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