Black and white 8 by 10 press photograph of ventriloquist Willie Tyler with his dummy Lester, identified by printed caption along the vertical edge as Willie Tyler and Lester. The print bears a handwritten blue ink signature and dedication on the front, personally signed by Willie Tyler. Willie Tyler and Lester were a celebrated African American ventriloquist act who achieved significant television recognition through appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In during the late 1960s and 1970s. Signed press prints from Willie Tyler and Lester are collectible within both the ventriloquism ephemera and African American entertainment history collecting fields. The printed caption, signature, and the performer's cultural significance within the history of American variety television make this a particularly noteworthy piece within the press print grouping.