Nuff Said
Item
- Title
- Nuff Said
- Circus Name
- The Union Circus
- Date
- May 8th, 1909
- Location of Event
- 313 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Creator
- Emile Reed Low, collector
- Subject
- Two male students, one dressed in women's clothing, performs onstage
- Description
- Despite the inscription "NUFF SAID," there is sizable uncertainty surrounding the activity captured on the image. Two men, one wearing a woman's dress, stand on a stage before a painting of stereotypical Middle Eastern peoples. A sign reading "Oh You Salome" rests near the side show stage. The combination of these elements suggests the performance may be anti-Semitic in nature. The Biblical Salome was a Jewish princess often blamed for the murder of John the Baptist. Several plays and operatic productions about Salome were popular prior to 1909.
- Rights Holder
- Bentley Historical Library
- References
- Photograph, 1907-1911, Emile Reed Low photograph series, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
