Details
Creator Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928, artist.
Contributor New York Herald Company, publisher.
Title Happy Lil' Sal as the queen of the May [graphic] / R.F. Outcault.
Publisher New York : New York Herald Co
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1901
Date 1901
Physical Description 1 photo-mechanical reproduction : colored half-tone ; sheet 27 x 38 cm (10.5 x 15 in.)
Description Racist cartoon containing vignettes about a group of African American children, portrayed in caricature, at a May Day party where Happy Lil’ Sal and Por Lil' Mose are crowned as Queen and King. In the left, Mose, attired in a gold crown, a blue sailor suit, and blue shoes, stands holding the may pole. Sal, attired in a gold crown, red roses around her head and neck, a pink dress, yellow stockings, and white shoes, carries sunflowers. At the bottom, a group of African American children hold ribbons and dance around the may pole in exaggerated movements as a boy sits on a wooden fence playing the banjo. The center vignette depicts white men thieves, attired in torn and worn clothes, stealing baskets with the children’s lunch. In the right, a rain storm soaks Mose and Sal, and the wind blows the children off their feet while holding umbrellas. Along the top, shows the parade of children, led by Sal and Mose, followed by a boy playing the drum, children holding ribbons on the may pole, a dog pulling a wagon labeled, “the Prince of May” carrying a small boy, boys carrying the picnic baskets, and a boy playing the horn. Contains 25 lines of text written in the vernacular explicating the vignettes which end with the line "Por lil' Mose.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1901 by the New York Herald Co.
The "Por lil Mose" series was published in the New York Herald from 1901 until 1902.
Purchase 1978.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note Richard Felton Outcault (1868-1928) is known as the creator of the first published full page comic. He is also the creator of "Buster Brown."
Subject Happy Lil' Sal (Fictitious character) -- 1900-1910.
Por Lil' Mose (Fictitious character) -- 1900-1910.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Celebrations.
May poles.
Racism in popular culture.
Rain.
Robberies.
Genre Comics -- 1900-1910.
Halftone photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Printer New York Herald Company, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1901 Hap [P.8435]
Accession number P.8435