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African American couple conversing with a reverend

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Description

Written on border: "O. 26, 1889." Printed on border: "A business partnership." "Mr. Mason - "We's kim t' git marri'd." Rev. Mr. Dixon - "Why, Sam! How yo' gwine t' support a wife?' Mr. Mason - "We's gwine inter d' laundry biz." Mr. Dixon - "Yo' caint wash!" Mr. Mason - "No, sah ; but I's gwine t' funnish d' s'iled clothes.
Format:
Ethnic Stereotypes Line Photoengravings Cartoons (Commentary)
Created Date:
1889 10 26
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From Collection

Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection

Record Contributed By

Art and Picture Collection. The New York Public Library

Record Harvested From

The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Chairs
  3. Men
  4. Questioning
  5. Women

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