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Which wi[ll let go] first, the dog or the darkey [graphic].
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A67999
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Title
Which wi[ll let go] first, the dog or the darkey [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4.5 x 2.5 in.)
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two African American men stealing watermelons from a farm. Shows the barefooted, African American man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt and ragged pants, carrying a watermelon under each arm as he tries to get over a wooden fence. He has a fearful expression on his face as a dog has ripped and holds the back of his pants in its mouth. Another barefooted, African American man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt and striped pants, opens his mouth in alarm as he has fallen over the fence and landed face down with his legs in the air. The pieces of a smashed watermelon lie on the ground beside him. In the right background is a house and a white man, attired in a hat and carrying a rifle, moving towards the fence.
Notes
Title from item.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dogs.
Human-animal relationships.
Racism in popular culture.
Robberies.
Watermelons.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Which [P.2017.95.211]
Accession number
P.2017.95.211
In Collections
Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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