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Dancin' Sam, the funny-funny dancing man, [between 1945 and 1950] / John Sands Pty. Ltd.
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Dancin' Sam, the funny-funny dancing man, [between 1945 and 1950] / John Sands Pty. Ltd.
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R 2335
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n88XAlBn
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Dancin' Sam, the funny-funny dancing man, [between 1945 and 1950] / John Sands Pty. Ltd.
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Dancin' Sam, the funny-funny dancing man, [between 1945 and 1950] / John Sands Pty. Ltd.
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Author / Creator
Date
[between 1945 and 1950]
Call Numbers
R 2335
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— Physical Description
Contents
1 puppet in box - 350 x 80 x 20 mm - cardboard
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Copyright status:Public domain
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
Cardboard stick puppet in the form of an African-American minstrel holding a banjo. Includes articulated 'Dancin Sam' figure, dancing board, stick, and original box with colour illustrated lid and instructions.
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Dancin' Sam, the funny-funny dancing man, [between 1945 and 1950] / John Sands Pty. Ltd.
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2020
Administrative / Biographical history
This type of stick puppet or dancing marionette, traditionally made of wood, originated in Europe in the sixteenth century, and were manipulated by either strings or a stick. In the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, numerous commercial versions of the black minstrel were marketed as toys or ornaments. This Australian example...
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Call Numbers
R 2335
Record Identifier
n88XAlBn
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9650086
