May 13, 1911: The company of Dumont's Minstrels pose on the steps of the 11th Street Opera House in Philadelphia.
A onetime church, the building had been a highly popular minstrel theatre for many decades, but now it was being demolished to make room for a Horn & Hardart's automat.
Our episode about the long history of minstrelsy in Philadelphia theater can be found here:
https://www.aithpodcast.com/the-last-minstrel-show/