• Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
  • Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"
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Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"

Lot 153 - Antique Boarded Photograph Of Cast Of “Kentucky Belle” Theatrical Production By The Elizabethtown Alumni Association, Heisey Auditorium, Photographed By Bishop, Circa 1910–1911, 10-7/8" x 8-7/8"

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Antique boarded group photograph depicting the cast in costume from the stage production “Kentucky Belle,” presented by the Elizabethtown Alumni Association at Heisey Auditorium on South Market Street, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, circa 1910–1911. Typewritten identification label affixed to verso. Visible in the image are pennants for Yale and Etown, with all participants in period stage attire. Two performers appear in blackface, a racist theatrical practice rooted in minstrel traditions that perpetuated harmful stereotypes of African Americans; it is condemned today but preserved here for documentation of early 20th-century performance culture. Photo board has imprinted mark from Bishop, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

The production took place in Heisey Auditorium, located within the historic Heisey Hall and Treichler Masonic Lodge No. 682 building at 256 South Market Street. Built by Abraham G. Heisey shortly after 1887, the three-story red brick structure became a central civic venue in Elizabethtown. The third floor served as a public meeting and performance hall, later home to the Treichler Masonic Lodge until 1958. The building—an architectural blend of Queen Anne and Georgian styles with Renaissance detailing—remains a significant local landmark, reflecting the town’s civic and cultural life in the early 1900s (see *Heisey Hall and Treichler Masonic Lodge No. 682*, Aubrey Gray Mitchell, 2017). Moderate toning, surface wear, and edge abrasion consistent with age.

Info on Heisey Hall: https://www.etown.edu/programs/honors/files/Heisey%20Hall%20 and%20 Treichler%20 Masonic%20Lodge%20No.%20682.pdf

Dimensions: 10-7/8" W x 8-7/8" H

Auction Date: 10/16/2025

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