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"The coon" wedding march

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Scene showing a young African American girl in a white dress leading the procession of the young African American couple and their attendents. The bride, holds fake flowers and wears a calico shirt, white skirt, and thick cloth veil. Small picture prints and placards written in black dialect adorn the walls.; Inscribed on negative: 16974.; Copyright by William H. Rau.; Stamped on mount: Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Liverpool, Eng. American and Foreign Views.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Albumen Prints
  3. Caricatures And Cartoons
  4. Genre Photographs
  5. Marriage
  6. Processions
  7. Stereographs
  8. United States
  9. Weddings

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