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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons

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Subject Source: Local sources
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Currier & Ives Darktown Prints

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 158
Scope and Contents: A collection of caricatures of African Americans published by the firm Currier & Ives as a series of "Darktown" comics. The drawings were made by artists associated with the firm, primarily John Cameron (1828-1906) and Thomas Worth (1834-1917). Also present are restrikes of "Darktown" images published later by Joseph Koehler in New York and S. Lipschitz & Son in London.At the folder level, references are provided to the two standard Currier & Ives...
Dates: 1880-1907, bulk 1880-1896
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Currier & Ives Darktown Prints