| Title |
Milk-Man. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs and ballads, 54 Chatham Str. N.Y. |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The milkman is seated in a horse-drawn cart with a container of milk in it. He pours something into a pitcher, and the text
suggests that the milkman sells chalk and water as milk. Croton Lake housed many of the dairies and ice houses that served
New York City.
|
| Notes |
Text: Pure milk I sell from Croton-lake, / As any in the land, sirs; / No stub-tail drug to town I take, / The world can see
my cans, sirs. / No doubt your milk is good and pure, / And will no babies slaughter; / Just chalk enough to make you sure
/ 'Twill hide the Croton water.
|
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Dairy products -- Contamination -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Dairy workers -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.275.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 6.25 |
