Details
Contributor Knaffl & Bro., publisher.
Title A bran new coon in town [graphic].
Publisher Knoxville: Published by Knaffl & Bro
Publisher TN. Knoxville. 1898
Date 1898
Physical Description 1 print : photomechanical reproduction on postcard ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Racist, satiric postcard depicting an African American family (portrayed as racist stereotypes) welcoming a “new” member, a baby. Shows the grandfather standing and weighing the infant on a hand held scale, as the grandmother, attired in a head kerchief, a floral shirt, a skirt, and an apron, cradles the baby’s head. In the right, the father smiles as he stands leaning down with both hands clutching a small table. In the center, a young boy sits at the table eating as he looks up at the baby. In the left, the mother sits smiling beside a stove as she pours water from a kettle into a cup.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1898, and published by Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn.
Originally published in an 1898 edition of Leslie's Weekly as part of "The Blackville Gallery" series under the title "Weighing the Christmas Baby."
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Accessioned 1999.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject African American families.
African American infants.
African American boys.
African American men.
African American women.
African Americans.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Older people.
Scales.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- 1890-1900.
Postcards -- 1890-1900.
Printer Knaffl & Bro., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Genre [P.9725.1]
Accession number P.9725.1