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Intelligent contraband. 2d ed. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A127264
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Intelligent contraband. 2d ed. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date
[ca. 1863]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description
Racist photograph showing a seated African American man, attired in a gorilla mask, a coat, striped, patterned pants, socks, and shoes, facing right. Also included in the image is a patterned, tile floor.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on mount.
Date inferred from content.
During the Civil War, the U.S government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war."
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Created postfreeze.
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.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures & cartoons.
Gorillas.
Masks.
Racism in popular culture.
African American Civil War freedom seeker.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51j]
Accession number
5780.F.51j
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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