Details
Title The rag-picker [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date [1851]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; overall 14 x 11 cm. (5.5 x 4.5 in)
Description Illustration shows a familiar Philadelphia character: a black, male rag-picker. He wears a coarse, loose-fitting smock, trousers, and a cap. He carries a basket fastened to a stick over his shoulder and a hooked instrument in his hand. The accompanying text explains, "You see him with his hooked stick exploring heaps of rubbish, and carefully selecting whatever he finds which may be turned to good account, and storing all away in his basket."
Is part of City characters Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851.
Notes Illustration in City characters, or, familiar scenes in town (Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851), p. 80.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject Ragpicking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Employment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1851 Cit 68429.D p 80
Accession number 68429.D