As copyright laws were limited and difficult to enforce, many unlicensed spin-offs and parodies of Uncle Tom’s Cabin were performed throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. Written by Henrique Vivian Messetti in 1928, Little Eva’s Temptation was one of the productions advertised in newspapers as a “farce comedy” or “musical burlesque.” This is a stock poster. Printed in bulk, it would have been purchased from the printer by any theater company presenting a show inspired by Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The text banner (called a “tip-on” or “snipe”) was printed separately and pasted onto the image by the group that bought the poster. Other examples of this poster advertise different theater companies, including Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company.