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Creator McGreer, John, 1839-1908.
Contributor Eytinge, Solomon, 1833-1905, artist.
Printer Cartoon Printing Co., publisher.
Title No. 9 Coming events [graphic] / McGreer.
Publisher Chicago, Ill.: Cartoon Printing Co., 1881
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1881
Physical Description 1 photograph on card mount: albumen ; mount 11 x 17 cm (4.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description Ninth scene in a racist series of African American caricatures originally created for Harper's Weekly in 1878 by Sol Eytinge that satirized the courtship and marriage of and the start of families by "The Twins." The African American figures are depicted with exaggerated features and mannerisms. Shows "Dr. Black MD" on his donkey racing with the twins' husbands on their donkeys down a dirt road along a river. A raft sails on the river past a log cabin and a dwelling with smoke-spewing chimneys is visible in the background.
Notes Title from item.
Name of publisher inscribed in original drawing.
Date from copyright statement inscribed in original drawing: Copyrighted 1881 John McGreer, Chicago, Ill.
Name of artist from stamp on verso: McGreer Chicago.
Purchased with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund.
Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2017, p. 52.
RVCDC
Desciption revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject African Americans -- Clothing & dress.
African American men -- Clothing & dress.
African Americans -- Social life and customs.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American physicians -- Caricatures and cartoons.
City & town life.
Donkeys.
Race relations.
Racing.
Racism in popular culture.
Rivers.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1880-1890.
Genre photographs -- 1880-1890.
Reproductions -- 1880-1890.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Printer Cartoon Printing Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - 5 x 7 - Unid. - Events [P.2017.26.8]
Accession number P.2017.26.8