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 cartoons
Noirs américains -- Caricatures et dessins humoristiques
African Americans
Note:
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.
Formerly part of the Rietz collection of Food Technology at California Academy of Sciences.
Gift ; Of California Academy of Sciences ; 2016.
Preferred citation: Darktown prins by Currier & Ives, BANC PIC 2016.055, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphic
Caricatures and cartoons.
Lithographs.
Physical Description:
print
2 prints in 2 folders : color lithographs ; sheets 33 x 43 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
Origin:
California
Copyright 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.