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A bran new coon in town [graphic].
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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."
RVCDC
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
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Library Company Postcard Collection
Miscellaneous Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
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