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[African American man sailor] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A68223
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Title
[African American man sailor] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 5 cm (2.75 x 2 in.)
Description
Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man sailor. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and looking to the right. He is attired in a straw hat with a blue band and a blue sailor’s outfit with a black bowtie.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American sailors -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Scraps (Decorations) -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 19 [P.2017.95.272]
Accession number
P.2017.95.272
In Collections
Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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