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[Darktown prints by Currier & Ives].
BANC PIC 2016.055--B; BANC PIC 2016.055
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Title:
[Darktown prints by Currier & Ives]Creator/Contributor:
Currier & Ives, creator, publisher.Abstract:
2 print set: Great oyster eating match between the Dark Town Cormorant and the Blackville Buster. Subtitles are (:1) The start
"Now den don't you's be too fresh, wait for de word; and (:2) The finish - "Yous is a tie. De one dat gags fust, am gone Coon."
Stereotype images of African Americans depicting before and after scenes of an oyster eating contest.
Date:
1886 (issued)Subject:
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoonsNote:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher's name and copyright statement printed beneath images.
IN PROCESS COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Darktown prins by Currier & Ives, BANC PIC 2016.055, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift ; of California Academy of Sciences ; 2016.
Formerly part of the Rietz collection of Food Technology at California Academy of Sciences.
Type:
graphicLithographs.
Physical Description:
print
2 prints in 2 folders : color lithographs ; sheets 33 x 43 cm
Language:
English
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BANC PIC 2016.055--B
BANC PIC 2016.055
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
IN PROCESS COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.