Minstrel Photographer Three blackface CDVs by J.G Vallade, Altoona, PA. The CDV with tinting is written on the back in period pencil,” Tall one is George A. Potts, Altoona, PA” He wears a hat and has his hand on another blackface gentleman. In another image we see a blackface photographer with this camera photographing a blackface man. The third CDV shows a white man offering a coat to a blackface man.