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Illustration shows a familiar Philadelphia character: a black, male rag-picker. He wears a coarse, loose-fitting smock, trousers, and a cap. He carries a basket fastened to a stick over his shoulder and a hooked instrument in his hand. The accompanying text explains, "You see him with his hooked stick exploring heaps of rubbish, and carefully selecting whatever he finds which may be turned to good account, and storing all away in his basket."; Illustration in City characters, or, familiar scenes in town (Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851), p. 80.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Book Illustrations
  4. Employment
  5. Engravings
  6. Pennsylvania
  7. Philadelphia
  8. Ragpicking

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