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Title One of the Codfish Aristocracy.
Publisher [New York] : J. Wrigley Publisher, 27 Chatham Street, N.Y.
Date [between 1840 and 1880?]
Description A man with a fish for a head wears a top hat and carries a cane. "Cod-fish aristocracy" was a derogatory term for New Englanders whose family wealth originated in maritime businesses.
Notes Text: In vain you try to make a show, / ‘Mongst the proud flesh of cod-fish row, / Your home should be fast to a rod, / Upon the banks of old Cape “Cod.”
Genre Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject American wit and humor.
Social classes -- Caricatures and cartoons.
New Englanders -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Farmers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Provenance Helfand, William H..
Identifier Comic Valentines, 15.46