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| Description: | "It Almost Broke Her Up." One of a series of satiric trade cards issued by the Arbuckle's Aroisa Coffee Co. This incident is borrowed from "Texas Siftings,... |
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| Description: | "Little Rock's 'Lady' of the Year", a flyer distributed by racists in Little Rock, illustrated by her 1946 police mug shot and arrest record. The text char... |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Scene of 16 figures. A slave owner is raising his whip as black families are racing towards Fort Monroe, with some remaining behind picking cotton. The sla... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Freed male slave in a straw hat. He is superimposed on a black star with the abbreviations of the states of the Confederacy. Behind the black star is an up... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A grinning African American man is running towards and mocking Jefferson Davis, who is standing with his head and wrists locked in stocks. Caption below re... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "1ST ROU... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "2ND ROU... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A grinning African American man wears a tattered version of Uncle Sam's costume as he dances and sings. The caption below reads, "I'm glad I'm not in... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of Jefferson Davis within a rope forming a figure eight. At the top, Davis is standing proudly in a uniform holding a sword. The skull and cross... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the Christ child in a manger surrounded by four praying children, each of a different race, Native American, African American, Caucasian ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three children of different races, Asian American, Caucasian and African American, sleeping in three beds. Each has a stocking pinned to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing four African Americans, two men and two women, sliding down a hill on a sled. More snow-covered hills are visible in the background. T... |
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| Description: | Holiday card depicting an African American Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit, mittens and hat with white fur trim. He is carrying a sack over h... |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an African American woman dancing with Santa Claus. She is wearing a green mini-dress with a belt, and red go-go boots. A phonograph and ... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over an image of three dimensional letters that read: "NOEL." The letters are slanting from u... |
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| Description: | Holiday card of an African American child standing next to a snowman. The child is wearing a jacket, snow pants, boots, stocking cap and earmuffs. The snow... |
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