| Title |
One of the B'hoys. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A young man smokes a cigar as he leans against a water pump platform. His attire and posture mark him as one of the Bowery
B'hoys from the Five Points area of New York City. "De machine" refers to the b'hoys involvement with city politics. "Mussy"
means drunk, and "Gone into the lemons" may mean passed out after drinking alcoholic punch.
|
| Notes |
Text: You know that you're one of the bo'hoys, / And bound to run with de machine; / You take up half of the walk, / And think
every one must be green: / You always keep blowing 'bout something, / When you're mussy, you make such a noise, / There's
no peace in the crib till you're gone / Into the lemons-- with some of the bo'-hoys.
|
|
Cf. Valentine 8.10. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Working class men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Domestic relations -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.360.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.9 |
