A "How To" for organizing and operating a high school event in 1929, this book offers a brief section on Minstrel Acts along with the standard fare of the day, such as Fortune-Telling Booth, The House of Terrors, Radio Act etc.

To complete the time period, the cover has the promo from the business which sold the book -- it too has a blackface minstrel 'logo'.

The label reads: Sold by Albert V. Jensen, Box 7, Highland Park Station, Des Moines, Iowa. Indoor carnival supplies, Free Catalog. "The Original and largest school carnival supply in the U.S."

A slice of Americana in terms of graphics as well as reading, this hardcover book measures 7.25 X 5 inches, and has 115 pages -- with 45 black-and-white illustrations.

Conditions: Book is in very nice shape for its age; no rips, modest cover wear, sound binding. School stamps are the only markings. Cover label with minstrel has a bottom corner missing, as shown.

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