ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS
This is also a shield banjo, it looks a little more well used though.
This is the Shield banjo. It has small shields around the hoop where the bracket feet attach. They were popular during the War and shortly there after.
A Niggers Holiday
The largest collection of people in Blackface I have ever seen.
What do the two darkies have to do with the rest of the picture? The world may never know. They probably ran the joint, and the white folk am the patrons.