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Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon. Shows the full-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes, a yellow…

Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American woman dancing. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red hat decorated with flowers, gold bracelets, a dress composed of a yellow, blue, and white…

Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton.…

Ca. 185 prints, drawings, items, manuscripts and 52 leaves in 1 scrapbook : chiefly engraving, mezzotints, pencil works and specimens ; scrapbook 49 x 55 cm (19.25 x 21.75 in)

Includes a pictorial envelope and letterhead containing an illustration depicting a collage of imagery, including a map of America bordered by scrolls of "Tracing Cloth," "Drawing Papers. Mounted and Unmounted," and "Tracing Papers"; a globe;…

ca. 490 prints: chromolithographs, lithographs, engravings, wood engravings, and letterpress; sheet 28 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.) or smaller.

ca. 490 prints: chromolithographs, lithographs, engravings, wood engravings, and letterpress; sheet 28 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.) or smaller.

ca. 490 prints: chromolithographs, lithographs, engravings, wood engravings, and letterpress; sheet 28 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.) or smaller.

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