| Title |
One of the B'hoys. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
A young man wears boots, a red fireman's shirt, and a stove pipe hat, clothing typical of the Bowery B'hoys, or young men
from the Five Points neighborhood in New York City. "De machine" refers to the b'hoys involvement in the 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 8.9. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Working class men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Domestic relations -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.361.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 8.10 |
